Albuquerque Public Schools

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146

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State Law

New Mexico is a
"May" state

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Active Schools

1 of 174 (1%)

Schools in the district releasing students to Lifewise

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Location Map	ALBUQUERQUE, NM 87110 Bernalillo County
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District Poverty Rate	16.6% (data source)
Non-White Students	80.4% (data source)
NCES Link	NCES District Info
Last Updated	September 2, 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

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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	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 5	Draft a Plan		91
Albuquerque High	Step 4	Form a Steering Committee		57
Bel-Air Elementary	Step 5	Form a Steering Committee		91
Bellehaven Elementary	Step 5	Form a Steering Committee		91
Cleveland Middle	Step 5	Form a Steering Committee		91
Comanche Elementary	Step 5	Form a Steering Committee		91
Del Norte High	Step 5	Form a Steering Committee		91
Dennis Chavez Elementary	Step 5	Form a Steering Committee		91
Desert Ridge Middle	Step 5	Form a Steering Committee		91
Double Eagle Elementary	Step 5	Form a Steering Committee		91
Eisenhower Middle	Step 5	Form a Steering Committee		91
Eldorado High	Step 5	Form a Steering Committee		91
Georgia O'keeffe Elementary	Step 5	Form a Steering Committee		91
Gov Bent Elementary	Step 5	Form a Steering Committee		91
Grant Middle	Step 5	Form a Steering Committee		91
Hodgin Elementary	Step 5	Form a Steering Committee		91
Hoover Middle	Step 5	Form a Steering Committee		91
Hubert H Humphrey Elementary	Step 5	Form a Steering Committee		91
Inez Elementary	Step 5	Form a Steering Committee		91
Janet Kahn Fine Arts Academy	Step 5	Form a Steering Committee		91
John Baker Elementary	Step 5	Form a Steering Committee		91
La Cueva High	Step 5	Form a Steering Committee		91
Madison Middle	Step 5	Form a Steering Committee		91
Matheson Park Elementary	Step 5	Form a Steering Committee		91
Mckinley Middle	Step 5	Form a Steering Committee		91
Mitchell Elementary	Step 5	Form a Steering Committee		91
NEW FUTURES HIGH SCHOOL	Step 5	Form a Steering Committee		91
Nex Gen Academy	Step 5	Form a Steering Committee		91
North Star Elementary	Step 5	Form a Steering Committee		91
Onate Elementary	Step 5	Form a Steering Committee		91
Osuna Elementary	Step 5	Form a Steering Committee		91
S. Y. Jackson Elementary	Step 5	Form a Steering Committee		91
San Antonito Elementary	Step 5	Form a Steering Committee		91
Sandia High	Step 5	Form a Steering Committee		91
Sombra Del Monte Elementary	Step 5	Form a Steering Committee		91
A. Montoya Elementary	Step 4	Collect 50 Signatures		57
Ace Leadership High School		Collect 50 Signatures
Adobe Acres Elementary	Step 1	Collect 50 Signatures		33
Alamosa Elementary	Step 1	Collect 50 Signatures		33
Armijo Elementary	Step 1	Collect 50 Signatures		33
Atrisco Elementary	Step 1	Collect 50 Signatures		33
Atrisco Heritage Academy Hs	Step 1	Collect 50 Signatures		33
Bandelier Elementary	Step 4	Collect 50 Signatures		57
Barcelona Elementary	Step 1	Collect 50 Signatures		33
Carlos Rey Elementary	Step 1	Collect 50 Signatures		33
Chaparral Elementary	Step 1	Collect 50 Signatures		33
Chelwood Elementary	Step 4	Collect 50 Signatures		57
Collet Park Elementary	Step 4	Collect 50 Signatures		57
Coronado Elementary	Step 1	Collect 50 Signatures		33
Corrales International		Collect 50 Signatures
Dolores Gonzales Elementary	Step 4	Collect 50 Signatures		57
East San Jose Elementary	Step 4	Collect 50 Signatures		57
Ecademy		Collect 50 Signatures
Edward Gonzales Elementary	Step 1	Collect 50 Signatures		33
El Camino Real Academy		Collect 50 Signatures
Emerson Elementary	Step 4	Collect 50 Signatures		57
Ernie Pyle Middle	Step 1	Collect 50 Signatures		33
Eugene Field Elementary	Step 4	Collect 50 Signatures		57
George I Sanchez	Step 1	Collect 50 Signatures		33
Harrison Middle	Step 1	Collect 50 Signatures		33
Hawthorne Elementary	Step 4	Collect 50 Signatures		57
Hayes Middle	Step 4	Collect 50 Signatures		57
Helen Cordero Primary	Step 1	Collect 50 Signatures		33
HIGHLAND AUTISM CENTER		Collect 50 Signatures
Highland High	Step 4	Collect 50 Signatures		57
Jackson Middle	Step 4	Collect 50 Signatures		57
Jefferson Middle	Step 4	Collect 50 Signatures		57
Jimmy Carter Middle	Step 1	Collect 50 Signatures		33
John Adams Middle	Step 1	Collect 50 Signatures		33
Kennedy Middle	Step 4	Collect 50 Signatures		57
Kirtland Elementary	Step 4	Collect 50 Signatures		57
Kit Carson Elementary	Step 1	Collect 50 Signatures		33
La Mesa Elementary	Step 4	Collect 50 Signatures		57
Lavaland Elementary	Step 1	Collect 50 Signatures		33
Lew Wallace Elementary	Step 4	Collect 50 Signatures		57
Longfellow Elementary	Step 4	Collect 50 Signatures		57
Los Padillas Elementary	Step 1	Collect 50 Signatures		33
Lowell Elementary	Step 4	Collect 50 Signatures		57
Manzano High	Step 4	Collect 50 Signatures		57
Manzano Mesa Elementary	Step 4	Collect 50 Signatures		57
Mark Twain Elementary	Step 4	Collect 50 Signatures		57
Maryann Binford Elementary	Step 1	Collect 50 Signatures		33
Mccollum Elementary	Step 4	Collect 50 Signatures		57
Monte Vista Elementary	Step 4	Collect 50 Signatures		57
Montezuma Elementary	Step 4	Collect 50 Signatures		57
Mountain View Elementary	Step 1	Collect 50 Signatures		33
Navajo Elementary	Step 1	Collect 50 Signatures		33
Painted Sky Elementary	Step 1	Collect 50 Signatures		33
Pajarito Elementary	Step 1	Collect 50 Signatures		33
Polk Middle	Step 1	Collect 50 Signatures		33
Reginald Chavez Elementary	Step 4	Collect 50 Signatures		57
Rio Grande High	Step 1	Collect 50 Signatures		33
Roosevelt Middle	Step 4	Collect 50 Signatures		57
Rudolfo Anaya Elementary	Step 1	Collect 50 Signatures		33
Sandia Base Elementary	Step 4	Collect 50 Signatures		57
South Valley Academy		Collect 50 Signatures
Susie Rayos Marmon Elementary	Step 1	Collect 50 Signatures		33
Tomasita Elementary	Step 4	Collect 50 Signatures		57
Tres Volcanes Community Collaborative School	Step 1	Collect 50 Signatures		33
Truman Middle	Step 1	Collect 50 Signatures		33
Valle Vista Elementary	Step 1	Collect 50 Signatures		33
Van Buren Middle	Step 4	Collect 50 Signatures		57
VISION QUEST ALTERNATIVE MIDDLE	Step 1	Collect 50 Signatures		33
Washington Middle	Step 4	Collect 50 Signatures		57
West Mesa High	Step 1	Collect 50 Signatures		33
Wherry Elementary	Step 4	Collect 50 Signatures		57
Whittier Elementary	Step 4	Collect 50 Signatures		57
Wilson Middle	Step 4	Collect 50 Signatures		57
Zia Elementary	Step 4	Collect 50 Signatures		57
Zuni Elementary	Step 4	Collect 50 Signatures		57
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

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Description

Signatures

Date

Step 10

District approved, check individual school.

146

September 2, 2026

Step 10

Open for Enrollment

146

September 2, 2026

Step 10

District approved, check individual school.

146

August 26, 2026

Step 10

Open for Enrollment

146

August 26, 2026

Step 10

District approved, check individual school.

146

August 18, 2026

Step 10

Open for Enrollment

146

August 18, 2026

Step 10

District approved, check individual school.

146

August 11, 2026

Step 10

Open for Enrollment

146

August 11, 2026

Step 10

District approved, check individual school.

146

August 8, 2026

Step 10

Open for Enrollment

146

August 8, 2026

Enrollment Data

School Enrollment	Lifewise Enrollment	%	Date
No enrollment information

School/district enrollment numbers from https://nces.ed.gov/ccd/schoolsearch/
Lifewise enrollment numbers come from social media, newsletters, press, and public record requests. Contact RPS with enrollment numbers.

Associated Organizations

Org Type	Org Name	Address
Tpusa	Albuquerque Activism Hub	,
Tpusa	East Mountain High School	,
Tpusa	Hope Christian	,
Tpusa	La Cueva High School	,
Tpusa	New Mexico Homeschool Activism Hub	,
Tpusa	Oak Grove Classical Academy	,
Tpusa	Rio Rancho Cyber Academy	,
Tpusa	Volcano Vista High School	,

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