The Albuquerque Public School graduation rate is improving slightly and test scores are stable. APS is average in New Mexico, which has the lowest graduation rate and worst test scores among contiguous Southwest states.

INDICATORS

• 2.1 High School On-Time (Cohort) Graduation Rate
• 2.2 School Standards Based Assessment Proficiency

  LOCAL TREND:

Albuquerque Public Schools have shown a slight improvement in the high-school on-time graduation rate over the past five years. However, APS students' standards based assessment test scores are mixed, with some grades showing improvement and others losing ground.

  NATIONAL/REGIONAL COMPARISON:

APS is about average within the State of New Mexico for graduation rate, but New Mexico has the lowest on-time cohort graduation rates of any of the contiguous Southwest states, and is also well below the national average. New Mexico's public school systems consistently lag behind other Southwest states in standards based test scores. New Mexico students' assessed educational progress is among the lowest of the contiguous Southwest states, and is among the lowest in the United States.

  CITIZEN PERCEPTION:

In 2007, Albuquerque citizens rated this Desired Community Condition as being very important, placing it in the top10 among all conditions. However, citizens reported that this condition had the largest gap between its importance and how much progress had been made; clearly stating that progress has been lacking. Citizens with the highest income felt that the most progress had been made, and also deemed the condition as the highest in importance; this relationship between the respondents' income and the perception of importance and progress was true to a statistically significant degree.

Opportunity to Improve	LOCAL TREND IS:	Stable
	ALBUQUERQUE, COMPARED TO OTHERS, IS:	Worse
	CITIZEN PERCEPTION COMPARED TO DATA:	Matches

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