Accountability

Assessments & Achievements

Students in Rio Rancho Public Schools participate in the state and federally required assessments for Title I, Title II and Title III. These assessments are used for a variety of accountability measures. This includes the following measures:

NM Measures of Student Success & Achievement (NM-MSSA) for students in grades 3-8 for English Language Arts and Mathematics,
SAT for students in grade 11 for English Language Arts and Mathematics,
NM Assessment of Science Readiness (NM-ASR) for students in grades 5, 8, and 11 for Science,
Dynamic Learning Maps for the most significantly cognitively disabled students in the above grade levels and contents,
ACCESS and Alt-ACCESS for English learners in grades Kindergarten-12 to measure English language proficiency
Avant STAMP for student enrolled in state funded bilingual multicultural education programs,
Istation for students in grades Kindergarten-2 for early literacy and numeracy,
Dyslexia screener for students in grade 1, and
National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) for a sample of students in grades 4, 8 and 12.

Please go to webnew.ped.state.nm.us/bureaus/assessment/ for additional information about these required assessments.

Certified achievement data for English Language Arts, Math and Science is available at webnew.ped.state.nm.us/bureaus/accountability/data/.

Each of our schools except the preschool are included in the state’s system of meaningful differentiation. Measures related to academic achievement, academic progress, school quality and student success, and graduation are included in an overall rating. More information about the state’s accountability system is available at webnew.ped.state.nm.us/bureaus/accountability/accountability. Information about each school’s rating is available at nmvistas.org.

Please refer to the NMPED website for District Report Card Data.

For more information please contact Happy Miller at Happy.Miller@rrps.net.

Graduation Rates

Rio Rancho's mission statement directly addresses the importance of students finishing high school: "RRPS is dedicated to graduating each student with an educational foundation for success as a responsible, ethical member of society." While we still have plenty of room for improvement, Rio Rancho high schools' graduation rates are among the highest for large high schools in the state.

Longitudinal 4-Year Cohort Graduation Data

Class of 2018 through Class of 2022

	Class of 2018	Class of 2019	Class of 2020	Class of 2021	Class of 2022
Caucasian	88.0%	90.6%	91.8%	91.2%	88.8%
African American	81.6%	92.0%	84.8%	85.7%	90.4%
Hispanic	83.9%	87.1%	86.5%	86.0%	85.4%
Asian	95.4%	100.0%	97.7%	87.1%	92.5%
American Indian	83.9%	92.0%	83.5%	75.3%	85.0%
Econ. Disadvantaged (DC)	75.1%	80.2%	81.8%	74.6%	75.9%
SWD	74.4%	80.5%	85.2%	74.4%	75.3%
ELL	80.3%	80.7%	83.6%	81.6%	87.9%

	District Class of 2022	State Class of 2022
All Students	86.7%	76.2%
Caucasian	88.8%	78.8%
African American	90.4%	69.7%
Hispanic	85.4%	76.0%
Asian	92.5%	88.1%
American Indian	85.0%	71.8%
Econ. Disadvantaged (DC)	75.9%	72.4%
SWD	75.3%	67.0%
ELL	87.9%	75.8%

Rio Rancho Public Schools' overall district four-year graduation rate and those of all four high schools in Rio Rancho was at 86.7% for the Class of 2022, with the district posting one of the highest graduation rates in the state. In fact, our district graduation rate exceeds the state average by more than 10 percentage points.

On a school by school basis, all four of the RRPS high schools showed solid numbers with Rio Rancho High School at 86.9%, V. Sue Cleveland High School at 88.7%, Rio Rancho Cyber Academy at 89.6% and Independence High School (our alternative high school) at 56.2%.

In order to qualify for a diploma, Rio Rancho students must meet rigorous standards established by the district and state, including earning class credits and achieving certain minimum scores on achievement tests. In instances where students are unable to pass the tests, they may demonstrate competency in the core subject areas through alternatives designed to be comparably rigorous to achieving passing scores on the state's achievement tests. The district's expectation is that all students graduate fully prepared for success in higher education, the military, or the workforce.

Graduation Rates by High School

Rio Rancho High School

	Class of 2018	Class of 2019	Class of 2020	Class of 2021	Class of 2022
All Students	85.9%	89.8%	88.8%	87.7%	86.9%
Caucasian	88.5%	90.7%	92.3%	92.1%	91.2%
African American	77.7%	93.6%	85.0%	95.1%	89.3%
Hispanic	84.2%	88.8%	87.2%	85.8%	84.4%
Asian	100.0%	100.0%	95.6%	89.0%	96.2%
American Indian	85.5%	86.1%	83.6%	76.9%	84.3%
Econ. Disadvantaged (DC)	75.9%	81.0%	83.9%	73.9%	78.8%
SWD	75.9%	79.5%	83.1%	69.1%	74.0%
ELL	84.3%	74.7%	83.1%	81.2%	85.0%

V. Sue Cleveland High School

	Class of 2018	Class of 2019	Class of 2020	Class of 2021	Class of 2022
All Students	88.6%	89.9%	89.9%	89.9%	88.7%
Caucasian	89.5%	91.7%	92.4%	93.0%	87.0%
African American	86.6%	91.0%	90.1%	84.7%	91.1%
Hispanic	87.8%	87.8%	88.1%	89.6%	89.3%
Asian	94.0%	100.0%	100.0%	91.2%	92.0%
American Indian	90.4%	96.3%	87.1%	80.0%	87.9%
Econ. Disadvantaged (DC)	79.3%	81.6%	82.0%	80.9%	73.9%
SWD	77.5%	83.5%	89.2%	80.5%	77.8%
ELL	83.8%	92.3%	87.2%	86.8%	93.1%

Independence High School

	Class of 2018	Class of 2019	Class of 2020	Class of 2021	Class of 2022
All Students	36.4%	55.6%	57.0%	35.8%	56.2%
Caucasian	44.0%	65.4%	56.0%	42.6%	68.1%
African American	61.2%	65.2%			100.0%
Hispanic	34.6%	48.4%	58.9%	34.1%	52.8%
Asian		100.0%
American Indian		83.7%	58.9%	37.3%	53.9%
Econ. Disadvantaged (DC)	36.5%	57.7%	59.5%	27.9%	61.0%
SWD	38.2%	46.9%	73.9%	54.0%	59.6%
ELL	19.1%	30.0%	60.2%	35.9%	68.8%

Rio Rancho Cyber Academy

	Class of 2018	Class of 2019	Class of 2020	Class of 2021	Class of 2022
All Students	80.9%	91.0%	88.4%	98.2%	89.6%
Caucasian	86.9%	88.2%	94.5%	96.5%	95.8%
African American
Hispanic	70.9%	92.9%	82.0%	100.0%	78.0%
Asian
American Indian
Econ. Disadvantaged (DC)		100.0%	81.2%
SWD
ELL