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The region contains 12 public school districts. The Albuquerque school district is one of the largest in the nation.

School District 40th Day Enrollments in MRCOG Region, 2000 - 2006

School District  2000-01 2001-02 2002-03 2003-04 2004-05 2005-06 2006-07
Albuquerque 85,276 87,152 87,939 90,702 93,421 94,566 94,580
Belen 4,753 4,844 4,870 4,873 4,847 4,852 4,788
Bernalillo 3,478 3,451 3,428 3,377 3,392 3,389 3,347
Corona 82 77 83 98 91 87 89
Cuba 784 802 835 801 742 696 669
Estancia 938 931 893 883 899 919 997
Jemez Valley 594 543 491 503 479 483 486
Los Lunas 8,570 8,528 8,421 8,590 8,615 8,680 8,652
Moriarty 4,603 4,360 4,264 4,218 4,125 4,062 3,806
Mountainair 398 375 386 369 368 375 354
Rio Rancho 10,219 10,566 11,138 11,784 15,542 13,611 15,023
Vaughn 99 94 86 98 95 93 99
Total 119,794 121,723 122,834 126,296 132,616 131,813 132,890

Source: MRCOG obtained student counts from the individual School Districts as well as from the New Mexico Department of Education.

Part of the Belen District is in Socorro County; Part of the Corona District is in Lincoln County; Part of the Moriarty District is in Santa Fe County; Part of the Mountainair District is in Socorro County; Part of the Vaughn District is in Guadalupe County. The Total includes more than the geographic area of the MRCOG Region.

The University of New Mexico main campus is located in Albuquerque with a branch in Valencia County between Belen and Los Lunas. The main campus includes a nationally recognized medical school and a law school. The Fall 2005 enrollment at the main campus was 26,280. The Valencia campus offers lower division undergraduate and non-degree classes, and had a fall 2005 enrollment of 1,674.

Central New Mexico Community College (CNM, formerly TVI) began as a public technical-vocational school and has evolved into a community college offering both technical-vocational and community college programs. CNM has four campuses in the Albuquerque metro area and a daytime student population of over 26,000.  

Contact: Kendra Watkins, (505) 724-3601, This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it



 

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