The top reported proficiency rate is 49% in Science. The lowest is 48% in English language arts.
Original Research by School Decision on Digital Arts and Technology Academy
Digital Arts and Technology Academy is a charter school in northeast Albuquerque serving grades seven through twelve. As its name suggests, the school is built around a digital arts and technology theme, which gives it a distinct identity within the broader Albuquerque Public Schools landscape. The enrollment is modest for a secondary span, with the largest concentrations in the upper grades, and the student body is predominantly Hispanic, reflecting the city's overall demographic makeup. A relatively small share of students qualify for free or reduced-price meals compared with many urban public schools in New Mexico. Data on English learners and students with individualized education programs was not reported, so those populations cannot be characterized here.
On state assessments, the school shows a striking split. English language arts proficiency is solid, with nearly half of tested students scoring proficient or above. Science performance is similarly strong. Mathematics, though, is a clear soft spot. Proficiency in math falls in the lowest reported band, and a parent may want to look into this further with the school, particularly given the academy's technology focus, where quantitative skills matter. The school had only a single year of comparable test data available, so no trend can be established yet. Average scale scores were missing across all subjects, and participation rates were not reported.
No graduation rate was provided in the data for this school. Because the academy serves high school grades, a graduation rate would normally apply, but one was not available in the sources reviewed. Course access, staffing, discipline, attendance, and program offerings were also absent from the data, so those dimensions cannot be described. Similarly, civil-rights data was not reported. These gaps limit the picture, and a family considering the school should ask directly about Advanced Placement or dual-credit options, career and technical education pathways, arts integration specifics, and student support services.
Albuquerque provides the broader context. The school sits in a city that is New Mexico's largest, stretching across a quadrant grid defined by Central Avenue and the railroad tracks. The area around the school, in the northeast quadrant, is primarily residential with commercial corridors. Walkable street life in Albuquerque concentrates in specific nodes rather than across the whole city, and the school's location on Lamberton NE is in a more car-oriented stretch. Publicly reported sources describe Albuquerque as a hub for technology, fine arts, and media, with the University of New Mexico, Sandia National Laboratories, Kirtland Air Force Base, and a growing film production sector anchored by a Netflix hub among the major employers. The city's population has been roughly flat to slightly declining in recent years, and development has sprawled outward across the Northeast Heights, West Side, and Southeast Mesa.
Housing in the school's zip code is moderately priced relative to national benchmarks, with typical home values sitting below the national figure but above the state benchmark. Renting is notably more affordable than owning at current mortgage rates, which may matter to families weighing relocation. The estimated monthly mortgage on a typical home runs well above typical rent, and the price-to-income ratio sits above four, meaning buying requires a stretch for many households. Rents, by contrast, absorb a manageable share of median household income.
The district brief for Albuquerque Public Schools returned no parent-relevant policy, curriculum, referendum, or tax changes, so there is nothing to report on that front. A family looking at this school should weigh its themed identity and secondary-grade span against the academic data that is available, and should seek out the missing pieces directly.
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