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Christine Duncan Heritage Academy is a public charter elementary school serving grades PK-8 in Albuquerque, New Mexico, with a student population of 406 as of the 2022-2023 school year. The school's student body is predominantly Hispanic, making up 95.57% of the population.
Despite its small class sizes, with a student-teacher ratio ranging from 12.3 to 16.4 students per teacher, Christine Duncan Heritage Academy has consistently underperformed compared to state and district averages in academic proficiency. In the 2022-2023 school year, only 21% of students were proficient or better in Language Arts, 12% in Mathematics, and 14% in Science, significantly lower than the state averages of 38%, 24%, and 34%, respectively. The school has also ranked in the bottom quartile of New Mexico elementary schools for the past several years, with a ranking of 385 out of 435 schools in the 2022-2023 school year. Additionally, the school's performance on student subgroup metrics, such as for Hispanic students, White students, English Language Learners, and students from low socioeconomic backgrounds, is also concerning, with the school ranking in the bottom quartile of New Mexico elementary schools for these groups.
When compared to nearby schools in the Albuquerque Public Schools district, Christine Duncan Heritage Academy generally performs worse on academic metrics. For example, Chaparral Elementary, Cochiti Elementary, and Painted Sky Elementary all have higher proficiency rates in Language Arts, Mathematics, and Science than Christine Duncan Heritage Academy. The only notable exception is Montessori of the Rio Grande, a public charter school located within a mile of Christine Duncan Heritage Academy, which significantly outperforms the school on academic metrics, ranking in the top 15% of New Mexico elementary schools.
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