Rio Rancho Public Schools

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Rio Rancho Public Schools
Location
United States
District information
TypePublic
Motto"Igniting Student Potential"
GradesPre-K-12
Established1994
SuperintendentV. Sue Cleveland
Students and staff
Students16,762
Staff1,950
Other information
Graduation Rate:79.2%
Website www.rrps.net

Rio Rancho Public Schools is a school district based in Rio Rancho, New Mexico, United States. Rio Rancho Public Schools serves the municipality of Rio Rancho. The school district has a total of 18 schools. The district has two high schools, two alternative high schools, four middle schools, 10 elementary schools, and one preschool.

Contents

The district, with the vast majority of its land in Sandoval County, serves most of Rio Rancho and almost all of Rio Rancho Estates. [1] A very small portion of the district extends into Bernalillo County. [2]

History

Prior to 1997 students in the school district attended Albuquerque Public Schools for high school. The first high school, Rio Rancho High School, opened in 1997. [3]

Schools

High schools

Middle schools

Elementary schools

Pre-schools

2019 attempted shooting

On February 14, 2019, V. Sue Cleveland High School was the site of a shooting; however, no one was injured. [4] It was later reported that a 16-year-old boy had fired a gun on school grounds after threatening to kill his ex-girlfriend and others. [5] [6]

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References

  1. "2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: Sandoval County, NM" (PDF). U.S. Census Bureau . Retrieved 2022-07-12.
  2. "2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: Bernalillo County, NM" (PDF). U.S. Census Bureau . Retrieved 2022-07-12. - Text list
  3. Schoellkopf, Andrea (1997-04-19). "Rio Rancho School Is Limited". Albuquerque Journal . Albuquerque, New Mexico. p. B2. - See clipping from Newspapers.com.
  4. Writers, Elise Kaplan And Rick Nathanson | Journal Staff. "Student faces attempted murder charge in shooting". www.abqjournal.com. Retrieved 2019-10-01.
  5. "Parents of accused Rio Rancho High School shooter indicted". AP NEWS. 2019-08-21. Retrieved 2020-06-11.
  6. "Rio Rancho teen planned to shoot ex-girlfriend at school, documents say". Las Cruces Sun-News. Retrieved 2020-06-11.