The top reported proficiency rate is 43% in English language arts. The lowest is 27% in Math.
Original Research by School Decision on Hozho Academy
Hozho Academy is a charter school in Gallup, New Mexico, offering a classical education model that runs from kindergarten through tenth grade in the current data, with plans to extend through twelfth grade. The school sits on Park Avenue in a city that functions as a regional trade and service hub for the surrounding Navajo, Zuni, and Hopi communities. Historic Route 66 runs through the center of Gallup, and the city is publicly known for housing the largest wholesale Native American art business sector in the country, with trading posts dealing in Navajo rugs, pottery, and jewelry. The Bureau of Indian Affairs maintains its Gallup area headquarters there, and a branch of the University of New Mexico is located in the city. Interstate 40 connects Gallup eastward to Albuquerque and westward into Arizona.
The school's enrollment is moderate for its grade band, with students distributed fairly evenly across the grades it serves. The student body is predominantly Native American, with a substantial Hispanic presence and a smaller white population, plus a small share of students identifying as two or more races. Nearly every student qualifies for free or reduced-price lunch, reflecting the economic conditions of the surrounding area. Data on individualized education programs and English learner status was not reported, so we cannot characterize those populations here.
On the most recent New Mexico state assessments, Hozho Academy's ELA proficiency rate sits in the middle range, with a solid share of tested students reaching proficiency. Science results were similar, landing in a comparable mid-band range. Math was the softer area, with a smaller portion of students scoring proficient. These are single-year snapshots; no multi-year trend data is available because the current reporting period is the only one on record. A parent may want to look into how the school supports math growth specifically, since that is where the results are weakest relative to the other subjects.
Gallup's housing market is affordable compared with both state and national benchmarks. Typical home values sit well below the state midpoint and considerably below the national one, and values have moved only modestly year over year. Rental data was not available for this location, so we cannot speak to rent levels. The broader economic context includes a thirty-year mortgage rate environment that has been elevated but slightly easing in recent months, and a national unemployment rate that has held steady.
A few developments are worth noting for families considering this school. Hozho Academy recently launched a Pre-K program, giving families an earlier entry point into its classical education model. The school has also been expanding its grade span upward, with public reporting indicating it will grow to include twelfth grade, completing the K-12 pipeline so families can keep children in the same school through graduation. Its charter contract was renewed for a multi-year term running through 2028, which provides operational stability.
Several data gaps remain. No information was available on course access, staffing ratios, discipline, attendance, Title I status, or a locale classification. Civil rights data was not provided. There is no graduation rate because the school has not yet served a full high school cohort through twelfth grade in the current data, which is consistent with its grade band. No neighbor comparison set was available to position the school against nearby peers. State testing participation rates and average scale scores were also missing from the reported results. These gaps limit what can be said about the school's programmatic depth and staffing, and a family looking into Hozho Academy would want to ask the school directly about those areas.
What the available picture does show is a growing charter school rooted in a community with deep Native American cultural and economic ties, serving a student body that is overwhelmingly economically disadvantaged, with literacy and science outcomes in a middling range and math as the clearest area for attention.
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