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| Location Map | ALBUQUERQUE, NM 87110 Bernalillo County |
| Lifewise Local Program Website | Link (opens in a new tab) |
| District Poverty Rate | 16.6% (data source) |
| Non-White Students | 80.4% (data source) |
| NCES Link | NCES District Info |
| Last Updated | April 13, 2026 |
New Mexico State Law
School districts may create a policy allowing students to be released for religious study, or they may choose not to
coordinate with released-time programs and require the students' legal guardians facilitate the process.
Read more about "May" and "Shall" state laws
Full Law Text Link to State Law
22-12A-9. Medical appointments; illness; special situations; make-up work.
D. A student may, subject to the approval of the school principal, be absent from school to participate in religious instruction for not more than one class period per school day with the written consent of the student's parent at a time that is not in conflict with the academic program of the school. The public school shall provide time for the student to make up the school work missed during the absence. The school district or the public school shall not assume responsibility for the religious instruction of any student or permit religious instruction to be conducted on school property.
What Can My School District Do?
All school districts, regardless of whether they are required by law to allow released time, should implement good policy and be prepared for when a released time program may approach the district. The time to set the policy is before an active program is pressuring the district. Research polices the district can implement to protect teachers' and students' instruction time. Set polices that limit disruptions to students and the ability for proselytization to occur, impacting other students of faith or no faith. A more detailed write-up on school board policies can be read here.
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Schools in the District (174)
| School | Step | Description | Grades | Period | Signatures |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marie M Hughes Elementary | Step 10 | Open for Enrollment | 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th | 141 | |
| Alameda Elementary | Step 10 | Open for Enrollment | 5 | ||
| Alvarado Elementary | Step 10 | Open for Enrollment | 5 | ||
| Chamiza Elementary | Step 10 | Open for Enrollment | 141 | ||
| Cibola High | Step 10 | Open for Enrollment | 141 | ||
| Cochiti Elementary | Step 10 | Open for Enrollment | 5 | ||
| Corrales Elementary | Step 10 | Open for Enrollment | 5 | ||
| COYOTE WILLOW FAMILY SCHOOL | Step 10 | Open for Enrollment | 141 | ||
| Duranes Elementary | Step 10 | Open for Enrollment | 5 | ||
| Early College Academy | Step 10 | Open for Enrollment | 5 | ||
| Garfield Middle | Step 10 | Open for Enrollment | 5 | ||
| Griegos Elementary | Step 10 | Open for Enrollment | 5 | ||
| James Monroe Middle | Step 10 | Open for Enrollment | 141 | ||
| L.b. Johnson Middle | Step 10 | Open for Enrollment | 141 | ||
| La Luz Elementary | Step 10 | Open for Enrollment | 5 | ||
| Los Ranchos Elementary | Step 10 | Open for Enrollment | 5 | ||
| Macarthur Elementary | Step 10 | Open for Enrollment | 5 | ||
| Mission Avenue Elementary | Step 10 | Open for Enrollment | 5 | ||
| Petroglyph Elementary | Step 10 | Open for Enrollment | 141 | ||
| Seven Bar Elementary | Step 10 | Open for Enrollment | 141 | ||
| Sierra Vista Elementary | Step 10 | Open for Enrollment | 141 | ||
| Sunset View Elementary | Step 10 | Open for Enrollment | 141 | ||
| Taft Middle | Step 10 | Open for Enrollment | 5 | ||
| Taylor Middle | Step 10 | Open for Enrollment | 5 | ||
| Tierra Antigua Elementary | Step 10 | Open for Enrollment | 141 | ||
| Tony Hillerman Middle School | Step 10 | Open for Enrollment | 141 | ||
| Valley High | Step 10 | Open for Enrollment | 5 | ||
| Ventana Ranch Elementary | Step 10 | Open for Enrollment | 141 | ||
| Volcano Vista High | Step 10 | Open for Enrollment | 141 | ||
| Arroyo Del Oso Elementary | Step 4 | Form a Steering Committee | 53 | ||
| Bel-Air Elementary | Step 4 | Form a Steering Committee | 53 | ||
| Bellehaven Elementary | Step 4 | Form a Steering Committee | 53 | ||
| Cleveland Middle | Step 4 | Form a Steering Committee | 53 | ||
| Comanche Elementary | Step 4 | Form a Steering Committee | 53 | ||
| Del Norte High | Step 4 | Form a Steering Committee | 53 | ||
| Dennis Chavez Elementary | Step 4 | Form a Steering Committee | 53 | ||
| Desert Ridge Middle | Step 4 | Form a Steering Committee | 53 | ||
| Double Eagle Elementary | Step 4 | Form a Steering Committee | 53 | ||
| Eisenhower Middle | Step 4 | Form a Steering Committee | 53 | ||
| Eldorado High | Step 4 | Form a Steering Committee | 53 | ||
| Georgia O'keeffe Elementary | Step 4 | Form a Steering Committee | 53 | ||
| Gov Bent Elementary | Step 4 | Form a Steering Committee | 53 | ||
| Grant Middle | Step 4 | Form a Steering Committee | 53 | ||
| Hodgin Elementary | Step 4 | Form a Steering Committee | 53 | ||
| Hoover Middle | Step 4 | Form a Steering Committee | 53 | ||
| Hubert H Humphrey Elementary | Step 4 | Form a Steering Committee | 53 | ||
| Inez Elementary | Step 4 | Form a Steering Committee | 53 | ||
| Janet Kahn Fine Arts Academy | Step 4 | Form a Steering Committee | 53 | ||
| John Baker Elementary | Step 4 | Form a Steering Committee | 53 | ||
| La Cueva High | Step 4 | Form a Steering Committee | 53 | ||
| Madison Middle | Step 4 | Form a Steering Committee | 53 | ||
| Matheson Park Elementary | Step 4 | Form a Steering Committee | 53 | ||
| Mckinley Middle | Step 4 | Form a Steering Committee | 53 | ||
| Mitchell Elementary | Step 4 | Form a Steering Committee | 53 | ||
| NEW FUTURES HIGH SCHOOL | Step 4 | Form a Steering Committee | 53 | ||
| Nex Gen Academy | Step 4 | Form a Steering Committee | 53 | ||
| North Star Elementary | Step 4 | Form a Steering Committee | 53 | ||
| Onate Elementary | Step 4 | Form a Steering Committee | 53 | ||
| Osuna Elementary | Step 4 | Form a Steering Committee | 53 | ||
| S. Y. Jackson Elementary | Step 4 | Form a Steering Committee | 53 | ||
| San Antonito Elementary | Step 4 | Form a Steering Committee | 53 | ||
| Sandia High | Step 4 | Form a Steering Committee | 53 | ||
| Sombra Del Monte Elementary | Step 4 | Form a Steering Committee | 53 | ||
| A. Montoya Elementary | Step 1 | Collect 50 Signatures | 19 | ||
| Ace Leadership High School | Collect 50 Signatures | ||||
| Adobe Acres Elementary | Step 1 | Collect 50 Signatures | 15 | ||
| Alamosa Elementary | Step 1 | Collect 50 Signatures | 15 | ||
| Albuquerque High | Step 1 | Collect 50 Signatures | 19 | ||
| Armijo Elementary | Step 1 | Collect 50 Signatures | 15 | ||
| Atrisco Elementary | Step 1 | Collect 50 Signatures | 15 | ||
| Atrisco Heritage Academy Hs | Step 1 | Collect 50 Signatures | 15 | ||
| Bandelier Elementary | Step 1 | Collect 50 Signatures | 19 | ||
| Barcelona Elementary | Step 1 | Collect 50 Signatures | 15 | ||
| Carlos Rey Elementary | Step 1 | Collect 50 Signatures | 15 | ||
| Chaparral Elementary | Step 1 | Collect 50 Signatures | 15 | ||
| Chelwood Elementary | Step 1 | Collect 50 Signatures | 19 | ||
| Collet Park Elementary | Step 1 | Collect 50 Signatures | 19 | ||
| Coronado Elementary | Step 1 | Collect 50 Signatures | 15 | ||
| Corrales International | Collect 50 Signatures | ||||
| Dolores Gonzales Elementary | Step 1 | Collect 50 Signatures | 19 | ||
| East San Jose Elementary | Step 1 | Collect 50 Signatures | 19 | ||
| Ecademy | Collect 50 Signatures | ||||
| Edward Gonzales Elementary | Step 1 | Collect 50 Signatures | 15 | ||
| El Camino Real Academy | Collect 50 Signatures | ||||
| Emerson Elementary | Step 1 | Collect 50 Signatures | 19 | ||
| Ernie Pyle Middle | Step 1 | Collect 50 Signatures | 15 | ||
| Eugene Field Elementary | Step 1 | Collect 50 Signatures | 19 | ||
| George I Sanchez | Step 1 | Collect 50 Signatures | 15 | ||
| Harrison Middle | Step 1 | Collect 50 Signatures | 15 | ||
| Hawthorne Elementary | Step 1 | Collect 50 Signatures | 19 | ||
| Hayes Middle | Step 1 | Collect 50 Signatures | 19 | ||
| Helen Cordero Primary | Step 1 | Collect 50 Signatures | 15 | ||
| HIGHLAND AUTISM CENTER | Collect 50 Signatures | ||||
| Highland High | Step 1 | Collect 50 Signatures | 19 | ||
| Jackson Middle | Step 1 | Collect 50 Signatures | 19 | ||
| Jefferson Middle | Step 1 | Collect 50 Signatures | 19 | ||
| Jimmy Carter Middle | Step 1 | Collect 50 Signatures | 15 | ||
| John Adams Middle | Step 1 | Collect 50 Signatures | 15 | ||
| Kennedy Middle | Step 1 | Collect 50 Signatures | 19 | ||
| Kirtland Elementary | Step 1 | Collect 50 Signatures | 19 | ||
| Kit Carson Elementary | Step 1 | Collect 50 Signatures | 15 | ||
| La Mesa Elementary | Step 1 | Collect 50 Signatures | 19 | ||
| Lavaland Elementary | Step 1 | Collect 50 Signatures | 15 | ||
| Lew Wallace Elementary | Step 1 | Collect 50 Signatures | 19 | ||
| Longfellow Elementary | Step 1 | Collect 50 Signatures | 19 | ||
| Los Padillas Elementary | Step 1 | Collect 50 Signatures | 15 | ||
| Lowell Elementary | Step 1 | Collect 50 Signatures | 19 | ||
| Manzano High | Step 1 | Collect 50 Signatures | 19 | ||
| Manzano Mesa Elementary | Step 1 | Collect 50 Signatures | 19 | ||
| Mark Twain Elementary | Step 1 | Collect 50 Signatures | 19 | ||
| Maryann Binford Elementary | Step 1 | Collect 50 Signatures | 15 | ||
| Mccollum Elementary | Step 1 | Collect 50 Signatures | 19 | ||
| Monte Vista Elementary | Step 1 | Collect 50 Signatures | 19 | ||
| Montezuma Elementary | Step 1 | Collect 50 Signatures | 19 | ||
| Mountain View Elementary | Step 1 | Collect 50 Signatures | 15 | ||
| Navajo Elementary | Step 1 | Collect 50 Signatures | 15 | ||
| Painted Sky Elementary | Step 1 | Collect 50 Signatures | 15 | ||
| Pajarito Elementary | Step 1 | Collect 50 Signatures | 15 | ||
| Polk Middle | Step 1 | Collect 50 Signatures | 15 | ||
| Reginald Chavez Elementary | Step 1 | Collect 50 Signatures | 19 | ||
| Rio Grande High | Step 1 | Collect 50 Signatures | 15 | ||
| Roosevelt Middle | Step 1 | Collect 50 Signatures | 19 | ||
| Rudolfo Anaya Elementary | Step 1 | Collect 50 Signatures | 15 | ||
| Sandia Base Elementary | Step 1 | Collect 50 Signatures | 19 | ||
| South Valley Academy | Collect 50 Signatures | ||||
| Susie Rayos Marmon Elementary | Step 1 | Collect 50 Signatures | 15 | ||
| Tomasita Elementary | Step 1 | Collect 50 Signatures | 19 | ||
| Tres Volcanes Community Collaborative School | Step 1 | Collect 50 Signatures | 15 | ||
| Truman Middle | Step 1 | Collect 50 Signatures | 15 | ||
| Valle Vista Elementary | Step 1 | Collect 50 Signatures | 15 | ||
| Van Buren Middle | Step 1 | Collect 50 Signatures | 19 | ||
| VISION QUEST ALTERNATIVE MIDDLE | Step 1 | Collect 50 Signatures | 15 | ||
| Washington Middle | Step 1 | Collect 50 Signatures | 19 | ||
| West Mesa High | Step 1 | Collect 50 Signatures | 15 | ||
| Wherry Elementary | Step 1 | Collect 50 Signatures | 19 | ||
| Whittier Elementary | Step 1 | Collect 50 Signatures | 19 | ||
| Wilson Middle | Step 1 | Collect 50 Signatures | 19 | ||
| Zia Elementary | Step 1 | Collect 50 Signatures | 19 | ||
| Zuni Elementary | Step 1 | Collect 50 Signatures | 19 | ||
| Abq Charter Academy | No Progress | ||||
| Alice King Community School | No Progress | ||||
| Apache Elementary | No Progress | ||||
| CAREER ENRICHMENT | No Progress | ||||
| Christine Duncan Heritage Academy | No Progress | ||||
| Cien Aguas International | No Progress | ||||
| College And Career High School | No Progress | ||||
| CONTINUATION SCHOOL | No Progress | ||||
| Coral Community Charter | No Progress | ||||
| Cottonwood Classical Prep | No Progress | ||||
| DESERT WILLOW FAMILY SCHOOL | No Progress | ||||
| Digital Arts And Technology Academy | No Progress | ||||
| East Mountain High School | No Progress | ||||
| ECADEMY K-8 | No Progress | ||||
| FREEDOM HIGH | No Progress | ||||
| Gilbert L Sena Charter Hs | No Progress | ||||
| Gordon Bernell Charter | No Progress | ||||
| Health Leadership High School | No Progress | ||||
| International School At Mesa Del Sol | No Progress | ||||
| La Academia De Esperanza | No Progress | ||||
| Los Puentes Charter | No Progress | ||||
| Mark Armijo Academy | No Progress | ||||
| Montessori Of The Rio Grande | No Progress | ||||
| Mountain Mahogany Community School | No Progress | ||||
| Native American Community Academy | No Progress | ||||
| New America School | No Progress | ||||
| Public Academy For Performing Arts | No Progress | ||||
| Robert F. Kennedy Charter | No Progress | ||||
| SCHOOL ON WHEELS HIGH SCHOOL | No Progress | ||||
| Siembra Leadership High School | No Progress | ||||
| SIERRA ALTERNATIVE | No Progress | ||||
| Technology Leadership High School | No Progress | ||||
| UNITED COMMUNITY ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL | No Progress | ||||
| VOZ COLLEGIATE PREPARATORY CHARTER SCHOOL | No Progress | ||||
| William W & Josephine Dorn Charter Community School | No Progress |
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Launch Steps History
Step
Description
Signatures
Date
Step 10
Open for Enrollment
141
March 1, 2026
Step 10
Open for Enrollment
141
March 1, 2026
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Open for Enrollment
141
March 1, 2026
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March 1, 2026
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March 1, 2026
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March 1, 2026
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March 1, 2026
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March 1, 2026
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March 1, 2026
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March 1, 2026
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141
March 1, 2026
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141
March 1, 2026
Step 10
Open for Enrollment
141
March 1, 2026
Step 10
Open for Enrollment
141
March 1, 2026
Step 10
District approved, check individual school.
141
February 13, 2026
Step 10
District approved, check individual school.
142
January 20, 2026
Step 10
District approved, check individual school.
218
December 23, 2025
Step 10
District approved, check individual school.
217
December 21, 2025
Step 10
District approved, check individual school.
216
December 15, 2025
Step 10
District approved, check individual school.
215
November 26, 2025
Step 10
Open for Enrollment
215
November 26, 2025
Step 10
215
November 21, 2025
Step 0
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November 21, 2025
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November 21, 2025
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November 21, 2025
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November 21, 2025
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November 20, 2025
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November 20, 2025
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November 20, 2025
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November 20, 2025
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November 20, 2025
Step 10
District approved, check individual school.
214
November 18, 2025
Step 10
Open for Enrollment
214
November 17, 2025
Step 10
214
November 11, 2025
Step 10
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214
November 9, 2025
Step 10
214
October 30, 2025
Step 10
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214
October 30, 2025
Step 10
214
October 28, 2025
Step 10
Open for Enrollment
214
October 28, 2025
Step 10
211
October 23, 2025
Step 10
Open for Enrollment
211
October 22, 2025
Step 10
211
October 15, 2025
Step 10
Open for Enrollment
211
April 30, 2025
Step 10
District approved, check individual school.
204
April 27, 2025
Step 10
Open for Enrollment
204
April 22, 2025
Step 10
District approved, check individual school.
204
April 12, 2025
Step 10
Open for Enrollment
204
April 10, 2025
Step 10
District approved, check individual school.
204
March 29, 2025
Step 10
Open for Enrollment
0
March 29, 2025
Step 1
Collect 50 Signatures
3
March 29, 2025
Step 10
District approved, check individual school.
202
March 20, 2025
Step 9
Execute the Plan
202
February 2, 2025
Step 10
District approved, check individual school.
202
January 21, 2025
Step 9
Execute the Plan
0
January 18, 2025
Step 9
Execute the Plan
202
January 4, 2025
Step 10
District approved, check individual school.
202
January 4, 2025
Step 9
Execute the Plan
202
November 19, 2024
Step 8
Train Your Team
202
October 9, 2024
Step 8
Train Your Team
0
September 10, 2024
Step 10
District approved, check individual school.
202
September 10, 2024
Step 4
Form a Steering Committee
116
August 30, 2024
Step 10
District approved, check individual school.
201
August 29, 2024
Step 10
District approved, check individual school.
200
July 26, 2024
Step 7
Recruit Your Team
200
July 22, 2024
Step 10
District approved, check individual school.
200
July 17, 2024
Step 4
Form a Steering Committee
115
July 17, 2024
Step 10
District approved, check individual school.
199
July 9, 2024
Step 4
Form a Steering Committee
114
July 9, 2024
Step 10
District approved, check individual school.
198
July 1, 2024
Step 4
Form a Steering Committee
113
July 1, 2024
Step 1
Collect 50 Signatures
89
June 24, 2024
Step 10
District approved, check individual school.
174
June 24, 2024
Step 10
District approved, check individual school.
86
June 20, 2024
Step 7
Recruit Your Team
85
June 15, 2024
Step 1
Collect 50 Signatures
85
June 11, 2024
Step 7
Recruit Your Team
June 2, 2024
Step 1
Collect 50 Signatures
1
May 22, 2024
Step 1
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7
May 22, 2024
Step 1
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4
May 22, 2024
Step 1
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1
May 22, 2024
Step 1
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2
May 22, 2024
Step 0
No Progress
0
May 22, 2024
Step 1
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1
May 21, 2024
Step 1
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2
May 21, 2024
Step 0
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0
May 21, 2024
Step 1
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1
May 21, 2024
Step 0
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0
May 21, 2024
Step 1
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1
May 21, 2024
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May 21, 2024
Step 1
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1
May 21, 2024
Enrollment Data
| School Enrollment | Lifewise Enrollment | % | Date |
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| No enrollment information | |||
Lifewise enrollment numbers come from social media, newsletters, press, and public record requests. Contact RPS with enrollment numbers.
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| Submit churches, businesses and non-profits that support Lifewise. | ||||
