Rio Rancho High School is a public high school located in Rio Rancho, New Mexico. It is part of the Rio Rancho Public Schools.HistoryEstablished in 1997, much of the money to build RRHS came from the Intel Corporation. Most of its students came from nearby Cibola High School in Albuquerque.In 2008, due to overcrowding Rio Rancho Public Schools built the new V. Sue Cleveland High School, which opened in August 2009. In 2009, incoming 9th through 11th grade students who resided south of Northern Blvd began attend Rio Rancho High School and all residing north of Northern Blvd began to attend V. Sue Cleveland High School. The class of 2010 continued to attend Rio Rancho High School regardless of where they resided in Rio Rancho.President Barack Obama hosted a Town Hall meeting at the high school on May 14, 2009 regarding credit card reform.AcademicsThe New Mexico Public Education Department (NMPED) replaced the No Child Left Behind Act and Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP) testing with a new school grading formula, which took effect for the 2010-11 school years. The grade is calculated using many forms of testing, and includes graduation rates.
