Del Norte High School (New Mexico)

Del Norte High School is a public high school in central northeast Albuquerque, New Mexico, established in 1964. The school is situated on a 45.2-acre (183,000 m2) campus (Albuquerque Public Schools District), and has a current enrollment of 1,376 students.[3]

Del Norte High School
Address
5323 Montgomery Blvd. NE

Albuquerque
,
New Mexico
87109

United States
Coordinates35°07′56″N 106°34′59″W
Information
TypePublic high school
MottoThe Right Way, The Knight Way
Established1966 (1966)
PrincipalJo Sloan[1]
Staff66.45 (FTE)[2]
Enrollment1,089 (2018–19)[2]
Student to teacher ratio16.39[2]
Color(s)  Turquoise
  Black
  White
Athletics conferenceNMAA, AAAA Dist. 5
MascotKnight
Websitedelnorte.aps.edu

Academics

School grade

The New Mexico Public Education Department (NMPED) replaced the federal "No Child Left Behind Act" and AYP school rating tests in 2010 with a grading algorithm that uses several testing criteria including student standardized test scores and graduation rates.[4]

School Year Grade from NMPED
2010–11 B

Student body statistics
Ethnicity This School State Average
White (not hispanic) 34% 29%
Hispanic 54% 56%
American Indian/Alaskan Native 8% 11%
African American 3% 3%
Pacific Islander 1% 1%

Reconstruction
Congressmember Deb Haaland addressing students in 2019.

Construction of the new main building was completed in May, 2012. During the "A Knight to Remember" event in June, 2012, public tours of the new buildings were given by students and staff.

Athletics

DNHS competes in the New Mexico Activities Association 5A-District 2, which also includes Bernalillo High School, Capital High School, Espanola Valley High School and Los Alamos High School.[5]

DNHS has won 11 State Championships from NMAA sanctioned sports and events:

NMAA STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS
SeasonSportNumber of ChampionshipsYear
FallCross Country, Boys21982, 1966
Football11974
Wrestling12001
SpringCo-ed Cheerleading12008
SpringBaseball11982
Softball21989, 1984
Track & Field, Boys31990, 1969, 1967
Total11

Notable alumni

Del Norte High School is mentioned in the novel Killing Mr. Griffin by Lois Duncan as the high school where the main characters go to school.

References
  1. "School Information". dnhs-aps-nm.schoolloop.com.
  2. "DEL NORTE HIGH". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved May 5, 2020.
  3. schooldigger.com
  4. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2012-01-14. Retrieved 2012-07-09.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) New Mexico State School Grading
  5. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on July 21, 2012. Retrieved September 22, 2014.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) Alignments
  6. Chrissinger, Craig W. (May 18, 1997). "Actor takes alien over the top". Albuquerque Journal. p. G8.
  7. IMDB
  8. Albuquerque Journal
  9. "Diego Sanchez UFC Bio". Retrieved 2014-01-01.
  10. Gomez, Adrian (January 11, 2019). "Celebrity buzz centers on 2 ABQ natives". Albuquerque Journal. Retrieved October 6, 2019.
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