Vista Grande High School

Public high school, grades 9 to 12 · Taos, New Mexico

Vista Grande High School in Taos, New Mexico enrolled 69 students in 2024-25 with 7.5 full-time teachers, 9.3 students per teacher against the New Mexico high-school median of 13.1. It has no Title I status on file for 2021-22; every student eats free under the Community Eligibility Provision (2024-25). Its four-year graduation rate for the class of 2023 was 60-69% (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 10% from 2022-23 to 2024-25; full-time teachers fell 22%

77 students in 2022-23, 67 students in 2023-24, 69 students in 2024-25. Full-time teachers went from 9.5 to 7.5.

Students enrolled at Vista Grande High School by school year2022-23: 77, 2023-24: 67, 2024-25: 690204060802022-23772023-24672024-2569
Students enrolled at Vista Grande High School by school year2022-23: 77, 2023-24: 67, 2024-25: 690204060802022-23772023-24672024-2569
Students enrolled at Vista Grande High School by school year2022-23: 77, 2023-24: 67, 2024-25: 690204060802022-23772023-24672024-2569
Students enrolled at Vista Grande High School by school year2022-23: 77, 2023-24: 67, 2024-25: 690204060802022-23772023-24672024-2569
The numbers as a table
School yearStudentsTeachers (FTE)Per teacher
2022-23779.58.1
2023-24677.39.2
2024-25697.59.3

9.3 students per teacher, a lower ratio than 74 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.

Students per teacher, New Mexico high schools, 2024-25185 values from 3.2 to 48.0; This school 9.3; state median 13.1.2 more above 30.0 →0102030students per full-time teacherThis school 9.3state median 13.1U.S. 14.5
Students per teacher, New Mexico high schools, 2024-25185 values from 3.2 to 48.0; This school 9.3; state median 13.1.2 more above 30.0 →0102030students per full-time teacherThis school 9.3state median 13.1U.S. 14.5
Students per teacher, New Mexico high schools, 2024-25185 values from 3.2 to 48.0; This school 9.3; state median 13.1.2 more above 30.0 →0102030students per full-time teacherThis school 9.3state median 13.1U.S. 14.5
Students per teacher, New Mexico high schools, 2024-25185 values from 3.2 to 48.0; This school 9.3; state median 13.1.2 more above 30.0 →0102030students per full-time teacherThis school 9.3state median 13.1U.S. 14.5

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).

Who attends

59.4% of students were Hispanic, 17.4% American Indian, 13.0% White in 2024-25.

  1. Hispanic59.4%
  2. American Indian17.4%
  3. White13.0%
  4. Two or more races10.1%

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25, membership by race and ethnicity.

Graduation rate, class of 2023

60-69% of the 31 students in Vista Grande High School'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.

Four-year adjusted-cohort graduation rate, class of 2023
This schoolIts districtNew Mexico
Four-year graduation rate60‑69%60‑69%76.5%
Students in the class313125,411

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 Taos

4 public high schools in Taos report 2024-25 enrollment; Vista Grande High School is number 3 by size.

SchoolStudentsPer teacherFree lunch
Taos High74915.599.6%
Taos Academy25113.533.5%
Vista Grande High School699.3100.0%
Taos Cyber Magnet12not reported100.0%

All public schools in Taos →

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25.

What to look at next about Vista Grande High School

  1. Taos AcademyThe nearest public high school, 0.6 miles away: 251 students, 13.5 per teacher (2024-25).0.6 mi
  2. Taos HighThe next nearest public high school, 1.0 miles away: 749 students, 15.5 per teacher (2024-25).1.0 mi
  3. Compare Vista Grande High School with Taos AcademyStudents, teachers, meals, test results and who attends, side by side.
  4. How much Vista Grande High School spends per studentIts schools, enrollment and finance figures.
  5. The largest public schools in New MexicoVista Grande High School is the number 167 by size of 211 New Mexico high schools open in 2024-25.#167 of 211
  6. New Mexico schools by students per teacher9.3 students per teacher here against the New Mexico median of 13.1 for high schools.9.3:1
  7. 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 Vista Grande High School

  1. How many students attend Vista Grande High School?
    69 in the 2024-25 school year, according to the NCES Common Core of Data; 77 in 2022-23. It is a high school in Taos, NM.
  2. What is the student-teacher ratio at Vista Grande High School?
    9.3 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.
  3. Is Vista Grande High School a Title I school?
    Vista Grande High School has no 2021-22 Title I status in the NCES school files (the school opened later, or its district did not report one).
  4. What is the graduation rate at Vista Grande High School?
    60-69% of the 31 students in Vista Grande High School'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.
  5. What district is Vista Grande High School in?
    Vista Grande High School, NCES district ID 3502802. The first seven digits of the school's NCES ID 350280201021 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 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.

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