Moreno Valley High School is a charter high school located in the Angel Fire, New Mexico. Founded by a dedicated group of Angel Fire citizens, Moreno Valley High School was the first Paideia-based high school in New Mexico. It remains one of the only high schools totally based in Paideia methodology. Michael Strong was the first Director from 2001 until 2003. The school’s charter was unanimously renewed by the Cimarron School Board in 2007 and again in 2012.Moreno Valley High School is nationally ranked by both the Washington Post Challenge Index Challenge Index and by U.S. News & World Report and has been designated as a Gold Medal School. It ranks third in New Mexico high schools. In addition to this, the school’s five year average ACT scores are higher in every reporting category for the reporting period than the state’s scores in the same categories.Advanced Placement classes are offered on a regular basis. All Advanced Placement classes are sanctioned by the College Board.and all students take the AP Tests for their subjects.They are: AP Art (as needed)AP CalculusAP BiologyAP World HistoryAP United States History AP GovernmentAP English Language and AP English LiteratureAP Environmental ScienceAP Physics Graduating seniors have gone on to pursue advanced degrees at colleges and universities that include Middlebury College in Vermont, University of Oregon, Stanford University, Bayers College in Ohio, Texas Christian University, Virginia Military Institute, Brigham Young University, Universitiet College Utrecht in Utrecht, The Netherlands. Three students have gone on to pursue their education at United World College.
