About Our School

Mascot: Coyote
Colors: Turquoise & Gold
Grade Levels Served: K-5 with special programs

Principal:  Cheryl Clark
Assistant Principal:  Diane Earnest

School Hours:
Classes Begin: 8:00 am
Dismissal: 2:30 pm

School Profile:
Founded: Original facility (now housing the RRPS Shining Stars Preschool) opened Fall 1990 by Albuquerque Public Schools and named for former APS Superintendent Dr. Ernest Stapleton; new facility opened August 2005.

Geographic Area Served: Vista Hills, Rockaway Heights, Los Milagros, and Loma Colorado.

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Address: 3100 Stapleton Ave. NE Rio Rancho, NM 87124

Phone: (505) 891-8473
Fax: (505) 891-8498

School Profile

ESE Campus

School Goals: Support individualized student learning through the continued development and implementation of integrated and aligned curriculum in all major content areas.

School Programs: Homework Club, Reading Tutoring, Math tutoring, Art Club, Karate, Academy of Reading, Conflict Mediators, S.A.F.E. before and after-school academic and music programs.

Staff Profile:

Employees: 83
Teachers: 51
Instructional Support Staff: 22
Non-Instructional Support Staff: 10

Student Profile:

Enrollment: 815 (October 2022)
Percent Special Education: 16.7%
Percent English-Language Learners: 4.1%

Ethnicity/Race: The percentages for each category are rounded up or down to the nearest .1 which may cause the total to slightly exceed or be below 100%. In addition, families of mixed-race heritage may now also designate their child as being of more than one race. This may cause the percentages to add up to a number that is other than 100%.

African-American: 1.0%
American Indian: 3.9%
Asian: 1.3%
Caucasian (non-Hispanic): 40.0%
Hispanic: 53.0%
Pacific Islander: 0.1%
Other/unknown: 0.0%