The top reported proficiency rate is 44% in English language arts. The lowest is 18% in Science.
Original Research by School Decision on Corrales International
Corrales International is a charter school in Albuquerque's northeast quadrant, sitting in a part of the city known for its residential character and relative proximity to both the Sandia Mountains and the major employment corridors that define this metro. The school serves students from kindergarten through twelfth grade, which gives it an unusual span for a charter. The enrollment is small for a K-through-12 program, and the upper grades are especially compact, with only a handful of students in each high school grade. That structure means a family could stay in one building from elementary through graduation, but the high school experience will feel intimate and cohort-dependent rather than broad.
The student body is predominantly Hispanic, with a white population making up the next largest group and small numbers of students from other racial and ethnic backgrounds. About a third of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which is a moderate level for an Albuquerque charter. The school does not report data on English learners or students with individualized education programs, so a parent whose child falls into either group would want to ask the school directly about services and staffing in those areas.
On the most recent state assessments, covering grades three through eight, the academic picture is mixed. English language arts is the relative strength, with nearly half of tested students scoring proficient or above. That is a solid reading result for a charter of this size and stands out as the school's best showing. Mathematics proficiency is considerably lower, with roughly one in five tested students reaching proficiency. Science results, drawn from a smaller tested pool, land at a similar low level. The school has only one year of reported assessment data, so there is no trend to speak of. A parent may want to look into how the school supports math instruction across the elementary and middle grades and whether intervention resources are in place.
State testing results were not available for high school grades in the data provided. Graduation rate data was also not reported. Because the high school enrollment is very small, these gaps may reflect the limited size of the tested cohorts or the school's charter configuration, but the data does not give a specific reason. No course access information, advanced placement or dual-credit offerings, staffing figures, discipline data, or attendance rates were available either, so those questions remain open for a family to raise with the school directly.
The surrounding housing market in this part of Albuquerque sits above the state and national benchmarks for typical home values, reflecting the desirability of the northeast heights. Rents are moderate relative to local incomes, and renting costs less per month than carrying a mortgage at current rates, which may matter to families weighing a move into the attendance pattern. The broader city has seen its population roughly flat to slightly declining, with growth concentrated in the film and media sector, technology tied to Sandia National Laboratories, and federal installations like Kirtland Air Force Base. Albuquerque Public Schools, the district in which this charter operates, distributes schools across all four quadrants of the city. The district brief returned no parent-relevant policy, curriculum, or funding changes, so there is little to report on that front.
Albuquerque itself is sprawling and car-oriented, with walkable pockets in Old Town, downtown along Central Avenue, and the Nob Hill area near the University of New Mexico. The school's northeast location puts it in a quieter residential stretch rather than in one of those pedestrian nodes. For a family evaluating Corrales International, the strongest signal is the ELA performance set against weaker math and science results, wrapped in a small, continuous K-through-12 community. Whether that intimacy and the single-building pathway suit a child will depend heavily on what the family learns in conversation with the school about the gaps the data leaves open.
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