4209 Ridgeway Ct SE
Rio Rancho, NM 87124

My child is a post covid student, and an out of state transplant. Class sizes are great, but individual attention to students is still lacking. The school does not seem to care if all students can spell on grade level as long as progress is shown, which is both positive and negative. Emotional wellbeing seems to have decent focus at RRES, at least with my child's experience. The staff provides tools and space for children to focus on regulating themselves. Kids are still kids and bullying is taking place on school grounds. RRES seems to handle it well sometimes... and poorly almost as often. RRES seems to stay on top of poor quality teachers, and weeds them out. So the staff quality is overall great. Opportunities for family involvement are lacking, especially with the district cost to be an approved volunteer, but that isn't necessarily the school's fault. The school does provide after school clubs for the students at zero cost which is great. The school and it's grounds are in great shape.

I started sending my teens here last year, as its our home school. I was highly impressed. I am a licensed teacher in another district with 15 years experience. I normally enrolled my kids where I taught because it was easier for me to match school calendars but now that they are old enough to be on there own, they wanted to go to RRHS with neighborhood friends.The staff is incredibly helpful and professional. I have always received a response from admin and teachers, within 24 hours. All inquiries were addressed swiftly. Many of the teachers are level II or III and most I have interacted with have advanced degrees, so they are subject matter experts. I also have an MA but most staff I've worked with are Pre-Level I or Level I with little experience and my kids didn't always get the best education.The rigger is high. My kids had 4.0 at their previous schools without trying. Here they have to study every night and they earned their 3.75. They also have AP classes and dual credit classes. I appreciate this so much, as a teacher mom. The homework is usually appropriate but some teachers do assign homework that is excessive and my kids have done homework at the dinner table, while we ate and we'll past their bedtime, to finish it. Studies show that excessive homework that takes more than an hour (this is just for 1 class) do not have beneficial outcomes. It isn't all teachers but teens shouldn't be spending 3 hours on homework after school, everyday for 7 classes. The school has a plethora of clubs and sports. My kids had lots to chose from and enjoyed all the activities. I will say my child was cut from sports this year, due to a new coach and they were devastated. That particular coach made comments about my child in front of other students and it got back to me, that was inappropriate. They are new to RR but I'm taking a star off for lack of training and professionalism in the sports department. We spent a large amount of time and money and I wasn't personally contacted as to why the cut happened. The former teammates are still friends and still come to my house and they shared the coaches comments. There is never a reason to comment on students appearance or parent involvement.Overall I am happy. My kids are adjusted and enjoy RRHS. They have friends and activities. It does suck a little that the school year calendar doesn't match exactly but it was the best decision to send them here. Everyone but the new coach is amiable.

Overburden kids with homework after being in school all day long. Not only do they spend all night doing school work, I spend hours explaining it. Teachers really don't care about effort, they cause depression in kids, because they stay up all night just to be graded as though they never did the work. No work/life balance at all.