Santa Fe High
Public high school, grades 9 to 12 · Santa Fe, New Mexico
Santa Fe High in Santa Fe, New Mexico enrolled 1,491 students in 2024-25 with 83.5 full-time teachers, 17.8 students per teacher against the New Mexico high-school median of 13.1. It ran a schoolwide Title I program in 2021-22; every student eats free under the Community Eligibility Provision (2024-25). On the state tests, 41% of its students tested were proficient in reading in 2021-22 and 18% proficient in math in 2022-23 (New Mexico: 33.8% and 24.4%). Its four-year graduation rate for the class of 2023 was 80% (New Mexico: 76.5%).
NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 · Civil Rights Data Collection 2021-22 · Title I status CCD 2021-22 · method
Enrollment fell 7% from 2022-23 to 2024-25; full-time teachers fell 8%
1,599 students in 2022-23, 1,599 students in 2023-24, 1,491 students in 2024-25. Full-time teachers went from 90.8 to 83.5.
The numbers as a table
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Per teacher |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-23 | 1,599 | 90.8 | 17.6 |
| 2023-24 | 1,599 | 87.9 | 18.2 |
| 2024-25 | 1,491 | 83.5 | 17.8 |
17.8 students per teacher, a higher ratio than 86 of every 100 New Mexico high schools
Among the 185 New Mexico high schools that reported teachers for 2024-25 the median is 13.1; the national median for high schools is 14.5. A ratio counts every teacher, so it is not the size of a class.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data membership and staff files, 2022-23, 2023-24, 2024-25; the comparison counts schools with a 2024-25 teacher count and a ratio from 3 to 99 (lower values are reporting errors).
20 AP courses and one counselor per 318 students in 2021-22
In the 2021-22 civil rights collection Santa Fe High enrolled 1,592 students and had 5.0 counselors (full-time equivalent); it reported 121 out-of-school suspensions that year.
- Advanced Placement courses20
- Gifted and talented programYes
- Counselors (FTE)5.0, one per 318 of the 1,592 students enrolled in 2021-22
- Out-of-school suspensions121
- Chronically absent73.7% (2022-23)
Who attends
76.4% of students were Hispanic, 17.5% White, 2.3% American Indian in 2024-25.
- Hispanic76.4%
- White17.5%
- American Indian2.3%
- Asian1.6%
- Black1.3%
- Two or more races0.8%
- Pacific Islander0.1%
Source: U.S. Department of Education, Civil Rights Data Collection 2021-22; chronic absenteeism from EDFacts 2022-23; every count and the counselor ratio are for that school year. Who attends: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25, membership by race and ethnicity.
State test results, 2021-22 and 2022-23
The students tested at Santa Fe High scored proficient or above: 41% in reading in 2021-22 and 18% in math in 2022-23, against 33.8% in reading in 2021-22 and 24.4% in math in 2022-23 across New Mexico. Each state writes its own test and sets its own proficiency bar, so compare these within New Mexico, not across states. ED Data Express holds no district results after 2021-22, so the district column gives its 2021-22 figure.
| Subject and year | This school | Its district | New Mexico |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reading and language arts, 2021-22 | 41% | 33% | 33.8% |
| Math, 2022-23 | 18% | 23% (2021-22) | 24.4% |
Source: U.S. Department of Education, EDFacts state assessment results 2021-22 and 2022-23, all students, from ED Data Express (2021-22 through the Data Rescue Project archive); for 2022-23 ED published math by school and reading only by state: ED shows school and district results as ranges (for example 20-24%) to protect small groups.
Graduation rate, class of 2023
80% of the 436 students in Santa Fe High's class of 2023 graduated within four years, against 76.5% across New Mexico. The four-year rate follows the students who started ninth grade in fall 2019, adjusted for those who moved in or out, and counts those who earned a regular diploma by 2023. Every state computes it the same way under federal law, though each sets its own diploma requirements.
| This school | Its district | New Mexico | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Four-year graduation rate | 80% | 82% | 76.5% |
| Students in the class | 436 | 916 | 25,411 |
Source: U.S. Department of Education, EDFacts four-year adjusted-cohort graduation rates 2022-23, all students, from ED Data Express: ED shows school and district rates as ranges (for example 90-94%) and leaves out small classes.
High schools in Santa Fe
11 public high schools in Santa Fe report 2024-25 enrollment; Santa Fe High is the largest.
| School | Students | Per teacher | Free lunch |
|---|---|---|---|
| Santa Fe High | 1,491 | 17.8 | 100.0% |
| Capital High | 1,388 | 15.6 | 100.0% |
| Pojoaque High | 550 | 17.2 | 100.0% |
| Academy for Technology & Classics | 398 | 14.5 | 21.2% |
| Monte Del Sol Charter | 370 | 12.4 | 67.6% |
| Nm School for the Arts | 338 | 11.5 | 17.2% |
| Mandela International Magnet (Mims) | 290 | 11.0 | 19.5% |
| The Masters Program | 258 | 11.2 | 33.3% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25.
What to look at next about Santa Fe High
- Early College OpportunitiesThe nearest public high school, 0.3 miles away: 137 students, 10.9 per teacher (2024-25).0.3 mi
- Mandela International Magnet (Mims)The next nearest public high school, 1.7 miles away: 290 students, 11.0 per teacher (2024-25).1.7 mi
- Compare Santa Fe High with Early College OpportunitiesStudents, teachers, meals, test results and who attends, side by side.
- How much Santa Fe Public Schools spends per student$14,817 per student on current operations in fiscal year 2022-23 (U.S. $16,260), with its revenue sources and teacher pay.$14,817
- The largest public schools in New MexicoSanta Fe High is the number 18 by size of 211 New Mexico high schools open in 2024-25.#18 of 211
- New Mexico schools by students per teacher17.8 students per teacher here against the New Mexico median of 13.1 for high schools.17.8:1
- Find the school district for an addressA home's district, not its city, decides which public schools it can enroll in.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (locations, enrollment, teachers); NCES F-33 finance survey, fiscal year 2022-23. Distances are straight lines between the schools' NCES coordinates, not travel routes.
Questions about Santa Fe High
How many students attend Santa Fe High?
1,491 in the 2024-25 school year, according to the NCES Common Core of Data; 1,599 in 2022-23. It is a high school in Santa Fe, NM.What is the student-teacher ratio at Santa Fe High?
17.8 students per full-time teacher (2024-25); the New Mexico median for high schools is 13.1. A ratio counts every teacher, so it is not the size of a class.Is Santa Fe High a Title I school?
Santa Fe High ran a schoolwide Title I program in 2021-22, the last year NCES published school Title I status.How do students at Santa Fe High do on state tests?
The students tested at Santa Fe High scored proficient or above: 41% in reading in 2021-22 and 18% in math in 2022-23, against 33.8% in reading in 2021-22 and 24.4% in math in 2022-23 across New Mexico. New Mexico's own test sets what proficient means, so results compare within the state, not across states. Source: U.S. Department of Education, EDFacts state assessment results, 2021-22 and 2022-23; ED publishes school results as ranges to protect small groups.What is the graduation rate at Santa Fe High?
80% of the 436 students in Santa Fe High's class of 2023 graduated within four years, against 76.5% across New Mexico. The rate counts the students who started ninth grade in fall 2019, adjusted for those who moved in or out, and the share of them with a regular diploma by 2023. Source: U.S. Department of Education, EDFacts four-year adjusted-cohort graduation rates, 2022-23; ED publishes school rates as ranges to protect small groups.What district is Santa Fe High in?
Santa Fe Public Schools, NCES district ID 3502370. The first seven digits of the school's NCES ID 350237000551 are the district's.
Reading these figures: how to choose a school district, what Title I means and what an absenteeism rate means. They are for information and are not a substitute for the school's or district's own records.
Sources
Every federal file behind this record
- NCES Common Core of Data, 2024-25: directory, membership, staff and lunch files. nces.ed.gov
- NCES Common Core of Data, 2021-22 school characteristics: Title I status. nces.ed.gov
- Civil Rights Data Collection, 2021-22: AP courses, gifted programs, counselors, discipline. civilrightsdata.ed.gov
- EDFacts, 2022-23: chronic absenteeism. ed.gov
- EDFacts state assessment results, 2021-22 and 2022-23: reading and math proficiency for the school, its district and its state (ED Data Express). eddataexpress.ed.gov
- EDFacts four-year adjusted-cohort graduation rates, 2022-23: the class of 2023 for the school, its district and its state (ED Data Express). eddataexpress.ed.gov
- NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, fiscal year 2022-23: district spending and revenue. nces.ed.gov
- U.S. Census Bureau geocoder and TIGER school districts: the district boundary used by the district finder. census.gov
Source: NCES Common Core of Data Directory, membership, staff and lunch files · 2024-25
Source: Civil Rights Data Collection School-level files (AP, gifted, counselors, discipline) · 2021-22
District spending on the district page is from the NCES F-33 finance survey, fiscal year 2022-23.