The top reported proficiency rate is 38% in English language arts. The lowest is 14% in Math.
Original Research by School Decision on Aces Technical Charter School
ACES Technical CharterSchool sits on Montgomery Boulevard in Albuquerque's Northeast Heights, a charter school serving kindergarten through ninth grade with a small enrollment and a technical focus implied by its name. The school operates as its own charter district, and public records show it has been growing. A grade-level expansion approved in mid-2021 broadened the school from a narrower secondary range into a K-9 configuration, and the school has since continued adding grades. Publicly reported data indicates the school now has authorization through twelfth grade and has opened a dedicated elementary campus, meaning families can keep children within the same charter organization from early elementary years into high school rather than transferring elsewhere after middle school. That kind of continuous pathway within a single small charter is a defining feature here and a real draw for parents who want stability through transition years.
The student body is small, with roughly a couple hundred students spread across the grade levels. Hispanic students make up the largest share, followed by white and black students, with smaller representations of Native American, multiracial, and Asian students. About a third of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. The school does not report individualized education program counts or English learner figures in the data provided, so those population details are unavailable. With no locale classification, discipline data, staffing figures, attendance rates, or course access information included in the payload, the picture of day-to-day school environment is thin. A parent may want to ask the school directly about class sizes, teacher experience, and support services, since those pieces are absent here.
Academic performance is available for the current year only, with no trend data to show whether results are improving or declining. In English language arts, roughly thirty-eight percent of tested students in grades three through eight reached proficiency or above, which is a moderate showing. Math results are notably weaker, with proficiency in the low double digits. Science results sit in the low twenties, though only a small number of students were tested in that subject. These are the most recent state assessment results, and with only one year of data available, there is no way to characterize a trajectory. The math result in particular is a soft spot a parent may want to look into further with the school, asking what interventions or curricular changes are in place to strengthen numeracy.
The school serves no grade above ninth in the data provided, so there is no graduation rate to report and no high school assessment data. As the school continues expanding toward its full K-12 authorization, those measures will become relevant in coming years.
Albuquerque itself is New Mexico's largest city, a sprawling, car-oriented place organized around a quadrant grid system. The school's Northeast Heights location puts it in a residential part of the city with strip commercial corridors along the main arterials. The broader housing market in the school's zip code shows typical home values slightly above the state benchmark and roughly in line with national figures, with rents that are modest by most urban standards. Both home values and rents have ticked down slightly over the past year, which may ease some pressure on families considering a move into the area. The city's economy is anchored by Sandia National Laboratories, Kirtland Air Force Base, the University of New Mexico, Presbyterian Healthcare, and a growing film sector that includes a Netflix production hub. The Rio Grande bosque, the Sandia Mountains, and Petroglyph National Monument define the natural setting, while Old Town and the Nob Hill corridor along Central Avenue offer the city's most walkable stretches.
For a family weighing ACES Technical Charter School, the central question is whether a small, growing charter with a technical orientation and a continuous K-through-high-school pathway fits what they want for their child. The school's strengths are its compact size, its expanding grade range, and the continuity it offers across grade transitions. Its academic results are mixed, with English language arts performing better than math, and only a single year of data available. The missing pieces on staffing, discipline, special populations, and attendance mean a family would need to fill those gaps through direct conversation with the school before making a confident decision.
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