New Mexico International School

7215 Montgomery Boulevard Northeast

School District

Albuquerque Public Schools
Grade

K-8
Teacher/Student Ratio

1:19
Type

charter

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Reviews

Submitted by parent on April 07, 2024

My daughter and I love this school. Even though my child doesn't speak Spanish, she is picking it up very quickly. Our teacher, Maestra Otiz, is amazing and I can tell she loves her job. Their class starts with how kids' emotions that day and that is something I truly appreciate. Also, as a bilingual myself, having multiple languages are a great way of problem solving as each language has different perspectives and grammar structure. The parents/guardians here are very involved as well and the teachers are very friendly. We love the they teach violin as their music class. Highly recommend for international minded families.
Submitted by parent on October 31, 2023

This is a great school IF you have the right teacher. We had a couple of wonderful teachers, but it seemed like the other teachers were hired solely because they spoke Spanish. My child was left in a rambunctious class in which she was being bullied and not learning. The principal told us that it was a school of choice so we can leave instead of properly addressing our concerns.
Submitted by parent on August 08, 2023

The families going to this school are very nice but the administrators are not … if I want to talk to them about any issues. I feel like I was being ignored… no emails at all.. I called them snobby school
Submitted by parent on September 01, 2021

I was surprised by some of the negative comments about this school. I have had two kids go through the program and we have been very happy with the school. I have felt that there is a nice community at the school. Also, both of my parents worked in the public school system and I have not found the teacher turn over rate to be out of the ordinary (except that they occasionally hire teachers from Spain that participate in an exchange program). There are several excellent teachers that have been there for years. In general, we have been very satisified.
Submitted by parent on January 22, 2021

This is a terrible school. Communication from the administration is non-existent. The director Todd never gets back to you if you raise a concern or have a question, and there is no way to directly contact him or anyone with authority to actually help. They do not care about students or parents. They only care about getting funding for them and then ignoring you if you try to talk to them about them. Schools should not be allowed to operate like this.
Submitted by parent on August 21, 2020

Overall we had good experiences to begin with but due to budget cuts and financial mismanagement the school has changed direction in the last few year. Teacher turnover seems high as well, many of the great established teachers have gone. I'd only recommend it as a last resort.
Submitted by parent on March 03, 2020

Like other parents have said, started out great but went downhill fast. Looking at other alternatives now.
Submitted by parent on March 03, 2020

There is no student to student bullying but there is bullying by administration towards teachers and parents. The administration seems to only be interested in groing the size of the school without focusing on quality. There has been a very large teacher turnover at this school which has been very frustrating and has lowered the quality of education at this institution.
Submitted by parent on February 22, 2020

We will be leaving, can’t take it any longer we thought it was a good program. Over the years this school gets worse and worse ratings. Run!
Submitted by parent on February 17, 2020

We like the extra class they have here like violin and aikido, my girl love all her friends in here and her teachers. We love it so far.
Submitted by parent on February 14, 2020

Both our daughters have thrived at this school.
Submitted by parent on February 09, 2020

Horrible. The administration is openly bad towards kids with learning differences.
Submitted by parent on January 21, 2020

We have been very pleased with the school and with how much our child has learned. The language, art, and music programs are outstanding, math and science are integrated and supported with fun activities. The IB curriculum allows for kids to develop character and promotes thoughtful conversation within our family. Parents are kind and motivated to help each other, the community is better than I expected. All schools have fundraisers so I don't understand the complaint about fundraising. The school actually makes an effort to NOT have the kids sell items which I appreciate. Neither financial donations nor volunteering are required but once you are involved with the school you will want to help. It is a group effort that is lead by fellow parents. I also never got the sense that other parents are "entitled." We feel so fortunate to be part of the NMIS community and would highly recommend it.
Submitted by parent on May 30, 2019

I have been very pleased with the school and with how much my child has learned. The language, art, and music programs are amazing, and they do a good job with math and science too. The IB curriculum has been fantastic.I don't really understand the complaints in other reviews here about fundraising. All schools have fundraisers. It's not like financial donations are required. I also never got the sense that other parents are "entitled." There were some issues with vendors this year (uniform supplier, etc.) and some parents complained that their orders were missing and things like that. But that has nothing to do with the school itself. I found the school community to be very pleasant overall. And in any case, we chose this school for the academics, and we are very happy with our choice.
Submitted by parent on March 23, 2019

This is a public school for the rich. Sometimes they run 3 fundraisers at the same time so get out your Pocketbook. There is about 200 kids at this school and they put tons of pressure bc they wanted to raise $60,000. At the same time running 2-3 other fundraisers. Parents are bullies and the administration is bad. We won’t return I can’t afford it and don’t want that example for my children. It’s too bad because I wanted my child to learn Spanish. We will look elsewhere.
Submitted by parent on March 06, 2019

Wouldn’t recommend. Most parents are entitled and are promoting this for the students.
Submitted by parent on February 27, 2019

Not pleasant. This school stresses me out as a parent.
Submitted by parent on January 10, 2019

100% I love the school. I am so happy that my son attends.
Submitted by parent on January 09, 2019

Very happy at NMIS. Two kids there and one more on the way. Hard to imagine our children thriving in their neighborhood school like they are here.
Submitted by parent on November 04, 2018

It started of OK this is our 3rd year here, but has gotten worse and the parent bullies are out of control. The administration is right in there with them. The office staff is mean and many venders in the community will no longer with this school as a result. We will finish out the year but are looking at other options for the following year. The idea of this school is a good one but the management ruins a good program.