Eldorado High School is a public 9–12 high school located in northeast Albuquerque, New Mexico, in the Albuquerque Public Schools district.
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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, La Cueva High School, Piedra Vista High School 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 La Cueva High School.
Band program
The Eldorado Highschool band program has been very notable for the marching arts in New Mexico. The program is composed of around 150 students with directors Stephen Snowden Jr and Jordan M. Sayre.
Notable alumni
Beth Coats, Olympic biathlete
Daniel Crothers, Justice, North Dakota Supreme Court
Trent Dimas, Olympic gold medalist
Jim Everett, professional football player
Daniel Faris, professional basketball player
Zach Gentry, professional football player
Brian Jay Jones, president of Biographers International Organization
Ryan McGarvey, guitarist, singer, and songwriter
James Mercer, musician and front man of The Shins
Christian Parker (class of 1994), professional baseball player
Jay Roach, film director
Yvonne Sanchez, college basketball coach
Devon Sandoval, professional soccer player
Jorge Valenzuela, professional soccer player
Vince Warren, Super Bowl champion
Kyle Weiland, professional baseball player
Popular culture
In 2007, the Albuquerque Journal revealed that the high school had been used for the filming of the first season of Breaking Bad.
The high school has been used by Netflix for the filming of Stranger Things season four. The first mention is in Episode 1, "The Hellfire club" as Lenora Hills High School.
The school was featured briefly in Better Call Saul during the season 6 episode “Breaking Bad.”