Explore Academy Las Cruces
Explore Academy Grew 612% in a Decade. Then 2026 Happened.
Explore Academy opened in 2014 with a narrow pitch: a high school in Albuquerque where students pick short themed seminars instead of following a fixed course sequence. It enrolled 199 students in the...
Charter Growth Stalls After Seven-Year Run
For seven consecutive years, New Mexico's charter sector grew while traditional districts shrank. In 2025-26, that streak ended. Charter enrollment fell by 508 students, a 2.3% decline, the first cont...