• Students earned more than $45 million in scholarships in 2009
• 15,000 students in 50 schools are receiving bilingual educations
• More than 1 in 10 students are receiving special education services, including 1 in 20 who are receiving gifted education services
• The average annual teacher salary is $45,860
Who We Serve
APS provides educational services to students in Albuquerque, Rio Rancho, Corrales, Los Ranchos de Albuquerque, Tijeras, San Antonito, and Edgewood.
Additionally, we serve Laguna and Isleta pueblos, Chilili, Tohajiilee, and the Atrisco Land Grant.
Albuquerque Public Schools is also the city’s second largest employer, providing jobs for nearly 14,000 people. We are considered an urban-suburban-rural school district. We also are a widely diverse district, with more than a third of our students coming from homes where the primary language is not English.
The New Mexico Public Education Department is the state-level governing body overseeing the state’s 89 public school districts. NMPED’s primary function with the Albuquerque Public Schools District is to administer funding.
The legislature allocates educational funds; NMPED then uses a funding formula to distribute that money to school districts.
The New Mexico Public Education Department also interacts with APS by:
• Creating some policies, but local school boards have most of the authority to run individual districts.
• Managing teacher licensure (APS can only hire teachers with certifications from NMPED).
Albuquerque Public School System
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