Eldorado High School is a public 9–12 high school located in northeast

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within the

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district.

School grade

The NMPED (New Mexico Public Education department) replaced the "No child left behind act" and 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.

Athletics

Eldorado competes in the

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5A-District 2, along with Farmington High School,

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and

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. Eldorado's mascot is the Golden Eagle and has nineteen teams participating in fourteen boys and girls sports; Eldorado's main rival is

Sports and State Titles

Boys (34 titles) *Football: 1980 *Soccer: 1995, 2000, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2010, 2011 *Cross Country: 1997 *Basketball: 1983, 2004, 2005, 2012 *Gymnastics: 1985 *Wrestling: 1983, 1986, 1987, 2006 *Swimming: 1993, 2012, 2013 *Golf: *Baseball: 1985, 1992, 1993, 1997, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2015 *Tennis: 2002, 2016, 2017 (Individual: Alex Hagstrom (2002), Michael Mounho (2016,2017)), 2018 *Track and Field: Girls (50 titles) *Volleyball: 0 *Soccer: 1981, 1982, 1984, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1992, 1999, 2001, 2009, 2013 *Cross Country: 2006, 2007, 2009, 2010, 2018 *Basketball: 1978, 1980, 1981, 1983, 1984, 1986, 1987, 1989, 1990, 1992, 1993, 1995 *Swimming: 1973, 1974, 1975, 2013, 2014 *Golf: *Softball: *Tennis: 2013, 2017, 2018 *Track and Field: 1985, 1986, 1992, 2001, 2002 *Dance/Drill: 1982, 1983, 2001, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2012 *Cheer: eeds updating

Notable alumni

* Beth Coats, Olympic biathlete * Daniel Crothers, Justice, North Dakota Supreme Court * Trent Dimas, Olympic gold medalist *

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, professional football player * Daniel Faris, professional basketball player *

Zach Gentry Zach Gentry (born September 10, 1996) is an American football tight end for the Pittsburgh Steelers of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at Michigan. Early life Gentry was a star quarterback for Eldorado High Schoo ...

, professional football player * James Mercer, musician and front man of

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Christian Parker Christian Michael Parker (born July 3, 1975) is an American former baseball player. He was drafted by the Montreal Expos in the 4th round of the 1996 Major League Baseball draft. Parker has played in one Major League Baseball (MLB) game during h ...

(class of 1994), professional baseball player *

Jay Roach Mathew Jay Roach (born June 14, 1957) is an American filmmaker. He is best known for directing the ''Austin Powers'' film series, '' Meet the Parents'', ''Dinner for Schmucks'', '' The Campaign'', '' Trumbo'', and '' Bombshell''. Roach also ea ...

, film director *

Devon Sandoval Devon Sandoval (born June 16, 1991) is an American former professional soccer player who played as a forward. Early career The son of Diana and Greg Sandoval and native of Albuquerque, Sandoval attended Eldorado High School in New Mexico, wher ...

, professional soccer player *

Vince Warren Vincent Leo Warren (born February 18, 1963) is a former American football wide receiver who played one season with the New York Giants of the National Football League. He was drafted by the New York Giants in the fifth round of the 1986 NFL Draft. ...

, Super Bowl champion *

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, professional baseball player

Popular culture

In 2007, the ''

Albuquerque Journal The ''Albuquerque Journal'' is the largest newspaper in the U.S. state of New Mexico. History The ''Golden Gate'' newspaper was founded in June 1880. In the fall of 1880, the owner of the ''Golden Gate'' died and Journal Publishing Company was c ...

'' revealed that the high school had been used for the filming of the first season of ''

Breaking Bad ''Breaking Bad'' is an American crime drama television series created and produced by Vince Gilligan. Set and filmed in Albuquerque, New Mexico, the series follows Walter White (Bryan Cranston), an underpaid, overqualified, and dispirited hig ...

''. The high school has been used by

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for the filming of

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season four. The first mention is in Episode 1, "The Hellfire club" as Lenora Hills High School. The school was featured briefly in

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during the

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episode “Breaking Bad.”

References

External links

Eldorado High School Homepage
High schools in Albuquerque, New Mexico Public high schools in New Mexico 1970 establishments in New Mexico Educational institutions established in 1970 {{NewMexico-school-stub