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Rio Rancho High School

500 Laser Road Ne, Rio Rancho, NM, 87124 -

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Definition of Terms

Rio Rancho High School

School Level

High school

Grades Offered

Grades 10 - 12

County

Sandoval County, NM

Students & Faculty

Total Students

2696 students

% Male / % Female

51% / 49%

Total Classroom Teachers

166 teachers

Students by Grade

Grade 10 - 1089 students

Grade 11 - 863 students

Grade 12 - 744 students

This School

(NM) School Average

Teacher : Student Ratio

1:16

1:16

Students by Ethnicity

This School

(NM) School Average

% American Indian	4%	19%
% Asian	2%	1%
% Hispanic	33%	46%
% Black	4%	2%
% White	57%	31%

Additional Student Information

This School

(NM) School Average

% Eligible for Free Lunch

12%

40%

% Eligible for Reduced Lunch

% Migrant Students Enrolled

n/a

n/a

(NM) Statewide Testing Performance

School Statewide Performance

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School District Name

Rio Rancho Public s School District

This School's Agency

(NM) District Average

Number of Schools Managed	16	5
Number of Students Managed	13,655 students	760 students
District Total Revenue	$97,878,000	$10,318,000
District Expenditure	$109,013,000	$10,204,000
District Revenue / Student	$7,168	$13,576
District Expenditure / Student	$7,983	$13,426
District Graduation Rates	82%	73%

District employee arrested for online child solicitation (The Observer)
posted on November 17, 2009 at 09:49:31 pm
A computer technician at Cleveland High School was placed on administrative leave with pay last week after he was charged with solicitation of a child over the Internet, a fourth-degree felony.
Journalist scuffle leads to battery charge (The Observer)
posted on November 17, 2009 at 09:47:50 pm
An Albuquerque Journal sports reporter has been charged with battery after allegedly shoving an online journalist on Sept. 25 after a Rio Rancho High School football game.
School district saving with energy efficiency (The Observer)
posted on November 17, 2009 at 09:47:10 pm
In times of lean budgets, every penny counts and Rio Rancho Public Schools has been able to save around 25 million pennies — more than $250,000 — by being more efficient with its energy use.
Let's hear it for the band! (The Observer)
posted on November 17, 2009 at 09:47:00 pm
Rio Rancho Observer '” Gary Herron photo Rio Rancho High School marching band member Hope Moore, a junior, concentrates on hitting her notes last Friday during a halftime performance at Rio Rancho Stadium. The RRHS band was in three band competitions last month, placing sixth overall out of 28 at the Pomona Marching Band Festival in Denver on Oct. 3; first in Class 5A at the New Mexico Pageant ...
Rams, Storm rivalry has only just begun (The Observer)
posted on November 17, 2009 at 09:45:49 pm
All of the talk, hype and anticipation came to a head the night before Halloween as the City of Vision held its first intra-city high school football game.

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Rio Rancho High School is a public high school located in Rio Rancho, New Mexico. Much of the money to build RRHS was appropriated by the Intel Corporation. The school is unique in that there has not been a freshman class since Rio Rancho Mid-High opened up and that the school is organized into 5 academies: Business & Entrepreneurship, Engineering & Design, Fine Arts, Humanities, and SciMatics.
History
Rio Rancho High School opened in the Fall of 1997, obtaining most of its students from nearbyCibola High School and Del Norte High School, both in Albuquerque. The following year, the "First Year Academy" was created in order to better integrate the incoming freshmen into the school. The school rapidly grew to be the state's largest and held that distinction for 3 years, from 1999 through 2002, peaking enrollment at close to 3200 students. The school district then opened the Rio Rancho Mid-High School in the Fall of 2002, which took the incoming 8th grade students from the middle schools and the incoming 9th grade students from the high school leaving the current 10th through 12th grade system that is in place today.
Growth
The city of Rio Rancho is the fastest growing communities in the state. It has become necessary for the Rio Rancho Public Schools to begin the building of a new high school to relieve the overcrowding. To that goal, a new school, V. Sue Cleveland High School, is under construction and is scheduled to open in August 2009. Rio Rancho Mid-High will become a new Middle School (Rio Rancho Middle School) for future elementary school students, while part of it will become a College Career center for future high school students.
Planned changes in 2008
The current 4 block schedule will change to a more traditional 8 period schedule beginning in August 2008. A shift in the graduation requirements will also be implemented, resulting in 28 credits needed to graduate vs. the 29 currently needed. A typical schedule will consist of 8 periods; including one lunch, one advisory class, two electives and four core courses.
Planned changes in 2009
Beginning in August 2009, all incoming 9th through 11th grade students residing south of Northern Blvd will attend Rio Rancho High School and all residing north of Northern Blvd will attend V. Sue Cleveland High School. The class of 2010, the incoming senior class, will continue to attend Rio Rancho High School regardless of where they reside in Rio Rancho.
Opening the new V. Sue Cleveland High School in 2009 depends on getting additional operating funds from the State of New Mexico. During its 2009 session the State Legislature will consider a change in the school funding formula which could produce an additional $10 million per year for Rio Rancho Public Schools.
2009 President Obama town hall
President Barack Obama hosted a town hall at the high school on May 14, 2009 regarding credit card reform.
External links
Rio Rancho High School
Rio Rancho City

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