The top reported proficiency rate is 66% in English language arts. The lowest is 48% in Science.
Original Research by School Decision on Coral Community Charter
Coral Community Charter sits on Silver Avenue in southeast Albuquerque, a part of the city where residential neighborhoods mix with the commercial corridors and institutional campuses that define this quadrant. The school is a charter serving pre-kindergarten through eighth grade on paper, though its current enrollment runs only from pre-kindergarten through fifth grade, with no students registered in the upper middle grades. For a parent evaluating fit, that means Coral effectively functions as an elementary school, and families looking for a continuous kindergarten-through-eighth pathway here would want to confirm with the school whether those upper grades are in active operation or temporarily paused.
The school is small, with a total enrollment that keeps classes intimate. Its student body is predominantly Hispanic, with a meaningful white population and smaller groups identifying as two or more races, Black, American Indian or Alaska Native, and Asian. A substantial share of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which places Coral among schools serving a working-class community. The school did not report figures for English learners or students with individualized education programs, so those whose children receive special education or language services should ask the school directly about what is available.
Academic results from the most recent state assessments give a parent something concrete to weigh. In English language arts, a clear majority of tested students reached proficiency, which is a solid result and a strength the school can point to. Math proficiency landed at about half of tested students, a middling outcome that a parent may want to look into further with the school, particularly how instruction is structured across the early grades. Science results were comparable, with just under half of tested students proficient, though science is assessed only at certain grade levels and the tested group was small. Only one year of data was available, so there is no trend line yet to show whether these results are improving, holding, or slipping over time. Average scale scores and participation rates were not reported, which limits the picture somewhat. No graduation rate applies here, and no graduation figure exists, because the school does not currently serve high school grades.
Albuquerque itself is New Mexico's largest city, publicly reported as sprawling across a large land area with a car-oriented layout organized into four quadrants. Coral sits in the southeast quadrant, an area that also hosts Sandia National Laboratories and Kirtland Air Force Base, two of the region's dominant employers. The University of New Mexico lies to the northwest along Central Avenue, near the Nob Hill and downtown districts where walkable street life is concentrated. The Rio Grande bosque runs through the city center, and the Sandia Mountains rise to the east. The city's economy combines government and defense work, healthcare, a growing film and media sector anchored by a Netflix production hub, and the usual civic and state government employment. Publicly reported population figures show the city roughly flat to slightly declining in recent years, while development activity continues around affordable housing initiatives and technology growth.
Housing in the school's zip code tells its own story about who can afford to live nearby. Home values here sit well below both the state and national benchmarks, making ownership more accessible by regional standards, though the estimated monthly mortgage on a typical home still runs higher than area rents. Rents in this zip are modest relative to the broader metro, and the rent-to-income ratio is lower than the mortgage-to-income burden. That combination means the neighborhood around Coral is relatively affordable for renters, and buying is possible for some families but still carries a meaningful monthly cost given current mortgage rates. The price-to-income ratio is moderate, below what many larger metros demand but still a real consideration for working families.
We looked for program offerings, staffing details, discipline data, attendance figures, and Title I status, and none were available in the data provided. We also looked for recent district-level changes at Albuquerque Public Schools that might affect Coral families, and found nothing specific to report. The absence of these fields means a parent would need to go directly to the school for information on extracurriculars, enrichment, teacher experience, disciplinary approach, and how the school supports attendance. What the available evidence does show is a small, community-oriented charter elementary with a strong reading result, a mixed math and science performance, and a student population that reflects the working-class, multiethnic character of its southeast Albuquerque neighborhood.
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