Del Norte High School (New Mexico)

Del Norte High School
Location
5323 Montgomery Blvd. NE Albuquerque , New Mexico 87109 United States
Coordinates	35°07′56″N106°34′59″W / 35.13222°N 106.58306°W / 35.13222; -106.58306
Information
Type	Public high school
Motto	The Right Way, The Knight Way
Established	1964;61 years ago (1964)
Principal	Edward Bortot [1]
Staff	69.50 (FTE) [2]
Enrollment	1,066 (2023–24) [2]
Student to teacher ratio	15.34 [2]
Color(s)	Turquoise   Black   White
Athletics conference	NMAA, AAAA Dist. 5
Mascot	Knight
Website	delnorte.aps.edu

Del Norte High School is a public high school in the northeast heights of Albuquerque, New Mexico, established in 1964. The school is situated on a 45.2-acre (183,000 m²) campus (Albuquerque Public Schools District), and has an enrollment of 1,066 students. ^[3]

Academics

School grade

The New Mexico Public Education Department (NMPED) replaced the federal "No Child Left Behind Act" and AYP school rating tests in 2010 with a grading algorithm that uses several testing criteria including student standardized test scores and graduation rates. ^[4]

School Year	Grade from NMPED
2010–11	B

Student body statistics

2023–2024: ^[2]

Ethnicity
Hispanic	59%
American Indian/Alaskan Native	18%
White	10%
Black	4.1%
Asian	3.5%
Multiracial	4.6%

Reconstruction

Congressmember Deb Haaland addressing students in 2019.

Construction of the new main building was completed in May, 2012. During the "A Knight to Remember" event in June, 2012, public tours of the new buildings were given by students and staff.

Athletics

DNHS competes in the New Mexico Activities Association 5A-District 2, which also includes Bernalillo High School, Capital High School, Espanola Valley High School and Los Alamos High School. ^[5]

DNHS has won 11 State Championships from NMAA sanctioned sports and events:

NMAA STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS
Season	Sport	Number of Championships	Year
Fall	Cross Country, Boys	2	1982, 1966
	Football	1	1974
	Wrestling	1	2001
Spring	Co-ed Cheerleading	1	2008
Spring	Baseball	1	1982
	Softball	2	1989, 1984
	Track & Field, Boys	3	1990, 1969, 1967
Spring	Basketball	1	2021	Total		11

Notable alumni

• French Stewart, actor (class of 1982) ^[6]
• Darren Dalton, actor (class of 1983) ^[7]
• Mark L. Donald, Navy SEAL combat corpsman, one of the most decorated heroes of the War on Terror (class of 1985) ^[8]
• Diego Sanchez, NMAA Wrestling State Champion; professional mixed martial artist, Won The Ultimate Fighter 1, currently competing in the UFC's Lightweight Division ^[9]
• Scott Bamforth, Professional basketball player, school's all-time leading scorer
• Lauren Sánchez, News Anchor and actress (class of 1987) ^[10]
• Alisa Valdes-Rodriguez, Best selling author
• Leah Clark, voice actress affiliated with Funimation

In popular culture

Del Norte High School is mentioned in the novel Killing Mr. Griffin by Lois Duncan as the high school where the main characters go to school.

References

1. "School Information". dnhs-aps-nm.schoolloop.com.
2. "DEL NORTE HIGH". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved July 2, 2025.
3. schooldigger.com
4. "School Grading". Archived from the original on January 14, 2012. Retrieved July 9, 2012. New Mexico State School Grading
5. "NM MVP Pub: Alignments". Archived from the original on July 21, 2012. Retrieved September 22, 2014. Alignments
6. Chrissinger, Craig W. (May 18, 1997). "Actor takes alien over the top". Albuquerque Journal. p. G8.
7. IMDB
8. Albuquerque Journal
9. "Diego Sanchez UFC Bio" . Retrieved January 1, 2014.
10. Gomez, Adrian (January 11, 2019). "Celebrity buzz centers on 2 ABQ natives". Albuquerque Journal. Retrieved October 6, 2019.

External links

• Official website
• Albuquerque Public Schools