West Mesa High
Albuquerque, NM · High School · Grades 9-12
West Mesa High is a high school in Albuquerque, NM with 1,799 students enrolled and a 34% proficiency rate. Part of Albuquerque Public Schools. NCES data from the U.S. Department of Education.
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About This School
West Mesa High is a high school located in Albuquerque, New Mexico. The school serves 1,799 students in grades 9-12. The student-to-teacher ratio is 15.5:1.
According to EDFacts assessment data, 34% of students meet grade-level proficiency standards in combined math and reading. The school reports a 72% graduation rate.
100% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, indicating the school serves a predominantly low-income community.
West Mesa High is part of the Albuquerque Public Schools in New Mexico. The school receives Title I federal funding.
How This School Compares
West Mesa High has 1,799 students enrolled, making it larger than the average school in Albuquerque Public Schools (459 students). Its 34% proficiency rate is 6 percentage points below the district average of 39%. Compared to the New Mexico state average of 37%, the school performs 4 points lower.
Frequently Asked Questions
West Mesa High has 1,799 students enrolled in grades 9-12. The student-to-teacher ratio is 15.5:1.
According to EDFacts data, 34% of students at West Mesa High meet grade-level proficiency standards in combined math and reading assessments.
West Mesa High has a 72% graduation rate, measuring the percentage of students who graduate within four years.
West Mesa High is part of the Albuquerque Public Schools in Albuquerque, New Mexico. You can view all schools in this district on the district page.
All data on this page comes from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) Common Core of Data and EDFacts assessment results. These are official federal datasets published by the U.S. Department of Education.
School profiles are built from NCES directory data and EDFacts assessment results. Proficiency rates reflect combined math and reading performance. Graduation rates are reported for high schools with available data.
this entity is one of the data points covered by this site’s U.S. K-12 school outcomes and enrollment dataset. The detail above comes directly from NCES Common Core of Data and EDFacts; the context that follows situates the headline numbers against the broader distribution across U.S. public schools and districts.
Every number on this page links back to NCES Common Core of Data and EDFacts; the methodology page describes the inputs, refresh cadence, and known limitations of the underlying data product.
For readers using this page as a decision input, the related-entity pages elsewhere on the site provide the comparison set. The most useful comparison for this entity is typically a peer within U.S. public schools and districts with similar size, similar exposure, or similar geography — not the national-level summary alone.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data, 2026.