| Del Norte High School | |
| Motto: | The Right Way, The Knight Way |
| Type: | Public high school |
| Principal: | Edward Bortot[1] |
| Colors: | Turquoise Black White |
| Conference: | NMAA, AAAA Dist. 5 |
| Mascot: | Knight |
| Enrollment: | 1,089 (2018–19)[2] |
| Ratio: | 16.39 |
| Staff: | 66.45 (FTE) |
| Address: | 5323 Montgomery Blvd. NE |
| City: | Albuquerque |
| State: | New Mexico |
| Zipcode: | 87109 |
| Country: | United States |
| Coordinates: | 35.1322°N -106.5831°W |
Del Norte High School is a public high school in the northeast heights of Albuquerque, New Mexico, established in 1964. The school is situated on a 45.2acres campus (Albuquerque Public Schools District), and has an enrollment of 1,376 students.[3]
The New Mexico Public Education Department (NMPED) replaced the federal "No Child Left Behind Act" and AYP school rating tests in 2010 with a grading algorithm that uses several testing criteria including student standardized test scores and graduation rates.[4]
| Ethnicity | This School | State Average | |
|---|---|---|---|
| White (not hispanic) | 34% | 29% | |
| Hispanic | 54% | 56% | |
| American Indian/Alaskan Native | 8% | 11% | |
| African American | 3% | 3% | |
| Pacific Islander | 1% | 1% |
Construction of the new main building was completed in May, 2012. During the "A Knight to Remember" event in June, 2012, public tours of the new buildings were given by students and staff.
DNHS competes in the New Mexico Activities Association 5A-District 2, which also includes Bernalillo High School, Capital High School, Espanola Valley High School and Los Alamos High School.[5]
DNHS has won 11 State Championships from NMAA sanctioned sports and events:
| NMAA STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Sport | Number of Championships | Year | |||
| Fall | 2 | 1982, 1966 | ||||
| 1 | 1974 | |||||
| 1 | 2001 | |||||
| Spring | 1 | 2008 | ||||
| Spring | 1 | 1982 | ||||
| 2 | 1989, 1984 | |||||
| 3 | 1990, 1969, 1967 | |||||
| Spring | 1 | 2021 | Total | 11 | ||
Del Norte High School is mentioned in the novel Killing Mr. Griffin by Lois Duncan as the high school where the main characters go to school.