Rio Rancho Public Schools

Introduction

Rio Rancho Public Schools (RRPS) is a school district located in Rio Rancho, New Mexico. 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 1 preschool.

History

Founding

Rio Rancho Public Schools was created as a K-8 system because no high school existed in Rio Rancho at the time the district was founded in July 1994. At the time high school students living south of Northern Blvd. continued to be part of the Albuquerque Public Schools (APS) and attended Cibola High School. Students living north of Northern Blvd continued to be part of the Jemez Valley Public Schools district, though most attended classes at Del Norte High School in Albuquerque, the only APS high school that had room for them at the time. Small numbers of students were scattered through nine additional Albuquerque metro area schools.

Schools

High Schools

• Rio Rancho High School
• V. Sue Cleveland High School
• Independence High School
• Rio Rancho Cyber Academy

Middle Schools

• Eagle Ridge Middle School
• Lincoln Middle School
• Mountain View Middle School
• Rio Rancho Middle School
• Rio Rancho Cyber Academy

Elementary Schools

• Cielo Azul Elementary School
• Colinas del Norte Elementary
• Enchanted Hills Elementary
• E. Stapleton Elementary
• Martin Luther King, Jr. Elementary
• Maggie Cordova Elementary
• Puesta del Sol Elementary
• Rio Rancho Elementary
• Sandia Vista Elementary
• Vista Grande Elementary

Preschools

• Shining Stars Preschool