Albuquerque High School

Albuquerque High School
Address
800 Odelia Rd. NE Albuquerque, New Mexico 87102 United States
Information
Type	Public high school
Established	1879
Principal	Tim McCorkle
Enrollment	1,803
Campus	Urban
Color(s)	Green and White
Athletics conference	NMAA, 6A Dist. 5
Mascot	Bulldogs
Rivals	West Mesa High Rio Grande High Valley High Atrisco Heritage High Highland High
Website	http://albuquerquehigh.aps.edu/

Albuquerque High School is a public senior high school near Downtown Albuquerque, New Mexico. It is a part of the Albuquerque Public School district. Enrollment at AHS stands at 1,803. AHS was named the fifth best high school in the state of New Mexico by U.S. News & World Report. The school is directly adjacent to the Early College Academy, a college prep magnet school that excels in student-guided education. Albuquerque High School also runs an evening school to help students get ahead.

The school's origin can be traced back to the Albuquerque Academy (not to be confused with the present Albuquerque Academy founded in 1955). Colorado College of Colorado Springs started the Albuquerque Academy in 1879 on the east side of the old plaza. Thus were the beginnings of what was to become Albuquerque High. Twenty seven students enrolled. In 1881; the academy moved to the new town into an adobe building on Lead between Third and Fourth. In 1882, it moved again, this time to Silver between Fifth and Sixth. The Academy was run by a seventeen-member board of trustees composed of business and professional men whose chief purpose seemed to be to give the town as good a school as possible.

In 1890 the academy moved into a new building at Central and Edith where the public library is now located, and it operated there until 1891 when the city received the power to levy taxes for school funds. The whole operation was then taken over by the city, and Professor Hodgen was appointed the new city superintendent of schools." The school moved to the corner of Broadway and Central in 1914, which still stands today and is referred to as Old Albuquerque High School. It moved to its present location in 1974.

AHS competes in the New Mexico Activities Association (NMAA), as a class 6A school in District 5. In 2014, the NMAA realigned the state's schools in to six classifications and adjusted district boundaries. In addition to Albuquerque High School, the schools in District 5-6A include: West Mesa High School, Rio Grande High School, Valley High School and Atrisco Heritage Academy High School.

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