Aztec High School

Aztec High School
Address
Aztec High School
Aztec High School
500 East Chaco
Aztec, New Mexico 87410
United States
Coordinates 36°49′15″N 107°59′26″W / 36.82083°N 107.99056°W / 36.82083; -107.99056Coordinates: 36°49′15″N 107°59′26″W / 36.82083°N 107.99056°W / 36.82083; -107.99056
Information
Type Public High School
Motto Home of The Fighting Tigers
Principal Warman Hall
Grades 9-12
Number of students 900
Color(s)          
Black, Orange
Athletics NMAA
District 1-AAAA
Mascot Tiger
Website ahs-amsd-nm.schoolloop.com

Aztec High School is a public high school in Aztec, New Mexico. The school colors are black and orange and the mascot is the Fighting Tiger.

Athletics and activities

25 State Championships

Sport Class Year
Basketball, Girls 4A 2007
Football B, 4A 1953, 2011
Soccer, Boys 1A-3A 1991
Softball 4A
5A		 2005
2017
Track, Girls 5A 2013, 2014, 2015
Volleyball 3A 1981, 1992
Wrestling 4A 2002
Wrestling 1A-3A 1963, 1971, 1982, 1990, 1991, 1992,
1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997,
1998, 1999, 2000
Wrestling (Duals) 4A 2002
Wrestling 
 5A
 2018

School environment

The student-teacher ratio for full-time teachers is 1:15, equivalent to the New Mexico state average.[1]

2017 shooting

On the morning of December 7, 2017, the San Juan County Sheriff's Department said they were responding to an active shooter on campus. The New Mexico State Police Twitter account confirmed that two students were killed by the gunman, who died as well.[2] [3][4]

Student diversity

The students' ethnicity percentages are as follows:

Ethnicity This School State Average
White, not Hispanic 61% 29%
Hispanic 20% 56%
American Indian/Alaskan Native 18% 11%
Black, not Hispanic <1% 3%
Pacific Islander <1% 1%

References

  1. ↑ Greatschools.org, School environment.
  2. ↑ "New Mexico State Police". Twitter. Retrieved December 7, 2017.
  3. ↑ Balingit, Moriah (December 7, 2017). "3 reported dead, 15 injured amid gunfire at New Mexico high school". Washington Post. Retrieved December 7, 2017.
  4. ↑ Lopez, Fernanda (December 7, 2017). "2 students killed in Aztec school shooting". KRQE News 13. Nexstar Media Group. Retrieved December 7, 2017.
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