Rio Grande High School is a public high school located in the south valley of Albuquerque,

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, United States. It is part of the

Albuquerque Public Schools Albuquerque Public Schools (APS) is a school district based in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Founded in 1891, APS is the largest of 89 public school districts in the state of New Mexico. In 2022 it had a total of 143 schools with some 70,000 student ...

system.

Athletics

RGHS competes in the

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(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. Other schools in District 5-6A include West Mesa High School,

Albuquerque High School Albuquerque High School is a public high school near Downtown Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States. It is a part of the Albuquerque Public Schools district. Enrollment at AHS stands at 1,741. AHS was named the 43rd best high school in the st ...

, Valley High School and

Atrisco Heritage Academy High School Atrisco Heritage Academy High School (AHAHS), better known as Atrisco Heritage, is a public high school in Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States. It is located on the city’s West Mesa. It is a part of the Albuquerque Public Schools. The scho ...

. The Ravens have talented baseball and wrestling teams. The wrestlers have placed second in state in recent years.

Notable alumni

Shelia Burrell Shelia Burrell (born January 15, 1972, in Albuquerque, New Mexico) is an American athletics coach and former heptathlete who is the head coach of the San Diego State Aztecs women's cross country and San Diego State Aztecs women's track & field, ...

(class of 1990), Olympic heptathlete *

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- pitcher for the

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* Greg Jackson - Head Coach and strategist for his Submission Fighting and

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camp

References

Educational institutions established in 1959 High schools in Albuquerque, New Mexico Public high schools in New Mexico 1959 establishments in New Mexico {{NewMexico-school-stub