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Rio Rancho High School
Address
301 Loma Colorado Rd. NE Rio Rancho, New Mexico 87124 United States
Information
Type	Public high school
Established	1997
Principal	Millian Baca
Staff	147.84 (FTE)
Enrollment	2,573 (2022-2023)
Student to teacher ratio	17.40
Campus	Suburban
Color(s)	Navy Blue, Hunter Green, and White
Athletics conference	NMAA, 6A Dist. 1
Mascot	Ram
Website	rioranchohigh.rrps.net

Rio Rancho High School is a public high school located in Rio Rancho, New Mexico, United States. It is a part of the Rio Rancho Public Schools.

History

Initially, the state rejected the proposal of Rio Rancho High School. However, Intel Corporation offered to build the high school instead and lease it back at $1 per year for thirty years. When the lease ended, Intel donated the school to a non-profit organization responsible for running the school.

The school opened in 1997. Previously students in the school district at the high school level attended Albuquerque Public Schools. In April 1997, Rio Rancho High officials stated they had not yet finished development of programs for students with special needs.

In 2008, due to overcrowding, Rio Rancho Public Schools constructed V. Sue Cleveland High School, which opened in August 2009. As a result, 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.

In popular culture

Rio Rancho High School was used as filming location for the TV series Breaking Bad and Better Call Saul, being portrayed in the shows as J. P. Wynne High School.

The campus was also used as a film location in the 2011 movie Fright Night.

Notable alumni

• Keshawn Banks - NFL football player
• Zahra Marwan - artist
• Chris Newsome - basketball player
• Chris Williams - professional football player

Footnotes

1. ^ "RIO RANCHO HIGH". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved November 2, 2024.
2. "Rio Rancho High School". rioranchohigh.rrps.net. Retrieved 2022-05-25.
3. Schoellkopf, Andrea (1997-04-19). "Rio Rancho School Is Limited". Albuquerque Journal. Albuquerque, New Mexico. p. B2. - See clipping from Newspapers.com.
4. "Thousands welcome President Obama to Rio Rancho". Rio Rancho Observer. Retrieved 2017-06-04.
5. "J. P. Wynne High School - Breaking Bad Locations". Breaking Bad Locations. Retrieved 20 April 2016.
6. "Fright Night (2011)". IMDb. Retrieved 20 April 2016.
7. "Keshawn Banks". Green Bay Packers. Retrieved 2024-01-28.
8. Albuquerque Journal (11 June 2022). "Zahra Marwan brings watercolors, whimsy to her art".
9. "Chris Newsome - 2010-11 - Men's Basketball". New Mexico Highlands University Athletics.
10. Grammer, Jeff (September 7, 2012). "A Human Dynamo: Former Rio Rancho High, NMSU Star Shines in CFL". Albuquerque Journal. Archived from the original on 2013-10-04.

External links

• Rio Rancho High School

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• Public high schools in New Mexico
• Rio Rancho, New Mexico
• Schools in Sandoval County, New Mexico