The top reported proficiency rate is 57% in English language arts. The lowest is 45% in Science.
Original Research by School Decision on Enchanted Hills Elementary
Enchanted Hills Elementary sits on the northwest edge of the Albuquerque metro area in Rio Rancho, a city that transformed over decades from a planned retirement community into one of New Mexico's fastest-growing suburbs. The school serves kindergarten through fifth grade and is part of the Rio Rancho Public Schools district, a unified system the city built for itself in the 1990s as it pushed for independence from Albuquerque. Intel's semiconductor operations anchor the local economy, and the surrounding housing market reflects the area's growth trajectory. Home values in the school's zip code sit above the state midpoint and roughly on par with the national benchmark, while rents have been climbing at a faster pace. For a family weighing a move here, the housing picture is one of moderate expense by New Mexico standards but broadly in line with national figures, with mortgage costs running noticeably higher than rents at current interest rates.
The student body is sizable for an elementary school and fairly balanced across the six grade levels. Hispanic students form the largest group, with white students the next largest and smaller populations of American Indian or Alaska Native, multiracial, Black, and Asian students. About a third of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which is a lower share than many New Mexico elementary schools carry. The school does not report individualized education program counts or English learner figures in the data we received, so those population details are absent from this picture.
On state testing, Enchanted Hills posts solid results for the region. English language arts is the school's clear strength. Well over half of tested students reached proficiency on the NM-MSSA, a mark that stands above where most New Mexico elementary schools land. Math proficiency is lower, with fewer than half of students clearing the proficient bar, and science sits in a similar range on the NM-ASR. The ELA result is the headline number families should notice. The math and science results are not alarming for a school of this composition, but they do represent the softer side of the academic profile. A parent whose child tends to struggle in math may want to ask the school how it supports students below proficiency in that subject. Only one year of state results is available, so there is no trend to report. The data we have gives a snapshot, not a trajectory.
Because this is a kindergarten-through-fifth-grade school, there is no graduation rate, no advanced coursework, no dual-credit or career pathway data. Those measures simply do not apply here. Likewise, the payload does not include discipline, attendance, staffing, or course-access details, and Title I status was not reported. We looked for a neighbor comparison among Sandoval County districts but found none in the data, so there is no peer-benchmark read to offer.
What the surrounding community offers is context worth understanding. Rio Rancho is sprawling and car-dependent, built around wide residential subdivisions and commercial corridors rather than walkable blocks. The city has spent years constructing a civic core it calls Downtown City Centre, with City Hall, an arena, and satellite campuses of the University of New Mexico and Central New Mexico Community College, but traditional street life remains limited. Intel dominates employment, with retail, services, government, and several call centers filling out the local economy. The western reaches of the city sit at higher elevation than the east, and the whole area sits in an arid climate.
For a parent, Enchanted Hills reads as a mainstream neighborhood elementary in a growing, family-oriented suburb. Its ELA performance is a genuine strength. Its math and science are adequate but middling. The peer environment is diverse, with a moderate poverty indicator. The housing market is manageable compared with national norms but tighter than much of New Mexico. Families who value a larger, established school with solid reading outcomes and a suburban lifestyle will find a reasonable match here, while those wanting stronger math results or walkability may want to keep looking.
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