La Cueva High School
La Cueva High School
Address
7801 Wilshire Ave. NE Albuquerque , New Mexico 87122 United States
Information
Type	Public high school
Established	1986
Principal	Dana Lee
Teaching staff	91.28 (FTE)[1]
Enrollment	1,784 (2020-21)[1]
Student to teacher ratio	19.54[1]
Campus	Suburban
Color(s)	Navy blue   Silver   White
Athletics conference	NMAA, 5A Dist. 2
Mascot	Bear
Rival	Eldorado High School
Website	lacueva.aps.edu

La Cueva High School is a public high school located in northeast Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States, within the Albuquerque Public Schools District. Its mascot is the Bears. The La Cueva feeder schools include Desert Ridge, Madison, and Eisenhower middle schools; and Dennis Chavez, Double Eagle, E. G. Ross, Hubert Humphrey, and North Star elementary schools. La Cueva opened in 1986 with 1200 students.^[2]

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 year. The grade is calculated using many forms of testing, and includes graduation rates.^[3]

Academics

Frances Gruette, a teacher of AP Calculus AB, was awarded one of the Siemens Awards for Advanced Placement.^[4]

In 2018, La Cueva was named as a Top 100 Best Public High School in the U.S. by TheBestSchools.org^[5]

Athletics

LCHS competes in the New Mexico Activities Association (NMAA), as a class 5A school in District 2. In addition to La Cueva High School, the schools in District 2-5A include Farmington High School, Piedra Vista High School,Sandia High School, Eldorado High School and West Mesa High School.

LCHS competes in 18 NMAA sport-activity events.

Former Bears include Olympians Lance Ringnald (88) and Nate DiPalma (93). Collegiate All-Americans include Amy Warner (01), Kristen Graczyk (02), Jamie MacArthur (04), Randy Wells (07), Richie Hansen (95), Jennifer Hommert (95), Anna Tuttle (95), Doug Zembiec (91), Jeff Rowland (02), Lauren Goldfarb (09). AJ Bramlett (basketball) (95) played on the University of Arizona's national championship team and Nick Speegle (2000) was drafted and plays football for the Cleveland Browns. Sports Illustrated ranked the Bears as the 24th best overall sports high school in the country.

Notable alumni

• Bryce Alford (class of 2013), professional basketball player^[6]
• Zach Arnett (class of 2005), Head Football Coach at Mississippi State University
• A.J. Bramlett (class of 1995), professional basketball player^[7]
• Terri Conn (class of 1993), actress^[8]
• Marty Crandall, musician^{[citation needed]}
• Jamie Dick (class of 2007), racing driver^[9]
• Matthew L. Garcia (class of 1992), United States District Court Judge
• Mitch Garver (class of 2009), MLB catcher for Texas Rangers
• Neil Patrick Harris (class of 1991), actor, Emmy and Tony Award winner, star of television's How I Met Your Mother^[10]
• Colin O'Malley (class of 1992), composer^[11]
• Jordan Pacheco, Major League Baseball player^[12]
• James Parr (class of 2004), retired Major League Baseball player^[13]
• Tammy Pearman (class of 1991), soccer player for the United States women's national team^[14]
• Freddie Prinze, Jr. (class of 1994), actor^[15]
• Pascual Romero, musician and filmmaker^{[citation needed]}
• Jesse Sandoval, musician^[16]
• Caitlin Shaw (class of 2008), stock car racing driver^[17]
• Jarrin Solomon, Olympic bronze medalist^[18][19]
• Nick Speegle (class of 2000), NFL linebacker^[20]
• Tony Vincent (class of 1991), actor^[21]
• Douglas A. Zembiec (class of 1991), U.S. Marine Corps officer^[22]
• Shadrack Kiptoo-biwott, long-distance runner^[23]