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

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within the Albuquerque Public Schools 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 New Mexico Activities Association 5A-District 2, along with Farmington High School,

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and West Mesa High School. 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 *

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, Olympic gold medalist * Jim Everett, professional football player *

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, professional basketball player * Zach Gentry, professional football player * James Mercer, musician and front man of The Shins * Christian Parker (class of 1994), professional baseball player * Jay Roach, film director * Devon Sandoval, professional soccer player * Vince Warren, Super Bowl champion * Kyle Weiland, professional baseball player

Popular culture

In 2007, the ''

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

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''. The high school has been used by Netflix for the filming of

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. 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 season 6 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