VICTORY CHRISTIAN SCHOOL            

 PROFILE – Fall 2006

 
Victory Christian School

220 El Pueblo Road NW

The Village of Los Ranchos de

Albuquerque, NM 87114

Secondary School Code 320 048

(505) 898-3060     Fax (505) 898-6690

 

Glenn M. Frey, School Administrator

Lyle K. Miller,  Principal

 

THE COMMUNITY

Albuquerque is a city of 700,000 located on the banks of the Rio Grande at the foot of the Sandia Mountains (elevation 10,678’). Victory Christian School is located one mile from the Rio Grande River in the North Valley of Albuquerque in The Village of Los Ranchos de Albuquerque.  The city is bordered on the north by the Sandia Indian Pueblo and on the south by the Isleta Indian Pueblo.  The state’s multicultural population includes Native American, Hispanic, African-American, Asian, and Anglo groups.  The city of Albuquerque is the seat of the University of New Mexico, the home of Sandia National Laboratories and Kirtland Air Force Base, and the site of considerable “high tech” research and development. 

THE SCHOOL

Victory Christian School was founded in 1981 as a church-sponsored non-denominational, co-educational school.  Victory’s current enrollment is 183 students in grades kindergarten through twelfth (fifty-two students in grades nine through twelve).  Victory exists for the purpose of helping Christian families train their students to be servants for the Lord.  The school is funded through support of the sponsoring church, tuition, fees, and gifts from the school’s benefactors and supporters.  Most students come from within a twenty-five mile radius of the school.  The school moved into a new facility in 1994 that consists of twelve new classrooms including a full science laboratory, computer laboratory, and secondary classes computer network.  The school still uses part of the sponsoring church facilities for three classrooms, a music wing with three music classrooms, a library, a 300 seat auditorium, and a lunchroom. 

 

Students come from a wide variety of socioeconomic backgrounds and evangelical Christian families creating an interdenominational school family.  Victory has a selective admission process that seeks an average to above average, highly motivated, and diverse student body that has a desire for Christian training and for success in a college preparatory curriculum.  Forty-four percent of the 2006-2007 student body comes from a minority background, and fifty-six percent are female.  Approximately seven percent of the student body receives financial aid.  Financial aid is based entirely on demonstrated financial need.

 

Twenty-nine percent of the school faculty has an advanced degree of at least a masters, and forty percent of the secondary faculty has an advanced degree.

 

THE CURRICULUM

Students in grades 9-12 are required to take a minimum of 25 courses for graduation, including a year of theology for every year they attend Victory, four in English, three in math (through Algebra II/Trigonometry), three in laboratory science, three in history (one in United States History and one semester of government), two in foreign language, and six in fine arts/practical arts/physical education.  Victory offers a third year of foreign language, senior calculus, senior economics, and senior physics.  Victory Christian School maintains a rigorous college preparatory program.  Victory does not offer honors-level classes because of the size of the school. 

 

ACCREDITATION AND AFFILIATION

Victory is a member of the Association of Christian Schools International and is accredited by the Association of Christian Schools International, the New Mexico State Department of Education and the North Central Association.

ACADEMIC PROFILE OF THE CLASS OF 2006

Statistics of the Class of 2006 are based on seven students.

The grading scale is 0-100, with 60 the minimum passing mark.

A rank-weight equivalent mark based on the traditional 4.0 scale is provided to assist colleges in the assessment of Victory students.

A distribution of marks within each course is provided on the transcript.

Victory’s graduates are achieving success and distinction in the classroom, on the athletic field, in their organizations and clubs, and at their places of worship and employment.

 

VICTORY CHRISTIAN DOES NOT RANK ITS STUDENTS

American College Test – Average Class Composite Score – All seniors are required to take the ACT before graduation

   2000 – 23.4    2001 – 25.1    2002 – 25.7    2003 – 21.9   2004 – 24.5   2005 – 26.5   2006 – 22.6

National Merit Semi-Finalists

    2000 – 1         2001 – 0         2002 – 3         2003 – 0        2004 – 1 2005 – 0        2006 – 0

High School Grade Point Average (GPA) is calculated on all classes taken at Victory

    2000 – 2.97    2001 – 3.61    2002 – 3.53    2003 – 3.10   2004 – 3.75   2005 – 3.77   2006 – 3.02

Size of graduating classes

    2000 – 7         2001 – 10       2002 – 8         2003 – 13      2004 – 12      2005 – 4        2006 – 7

 

ADVANCED PLACEMENT EXAMINATIONS

Victory began teaching AP English Literature and AP English Language during the 2005-2006 school year.  Our students take other AP tests even though we do not teach other AP classes. 

                                # students             # exams written          % scored 3 or higher

May 2001                  7 / 10                       7                                     57 %

May 2002                  3 / 8                         4                                   100 %            

May 2003                  4 / 13                       6                                     33 %

May 2004                  4 / 12                      7                                     57 %

May 2005                  3 / 4                         5                                     80 %

May 2006                  4 / 7                         6                                     17 %

 

COLLEGE ENTRANCE

Most Victory graduates enroll in four-year colleges immediately after graduation.  One or more members of past classes have been accepted by/matriculated at the following colleges and universities; colleges where these students have matriculated appear in bold face (e.g., Baylor University accepted one student and one matriculated).

Albuquerque Technical Vocational Institute (5/4), Arizona State University (1/0), Baylor University (1/1), Bob Jones University (2/1), Cedarville Christian College (2/1), Central Christian College (1/1), Colorado Christian College (1/0), Colorado State University (1/1), East Texas Baptist University (3/2), Eastern New Mexico University (1/1), Fisk University (1/1), Fordham University (1/1), George Mason University (1/1), Grand Canyon University (1/1), Hillsdale College (1/1), Howard Paine University (2/1), John Brown University (1/0), Lancaster Bible College (1/0), Moody Bible Institute (2/2), Liberty University (1/1), Lincoln Christian College (1/1), Letourneau University (3/2), National American University (1/,1), New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology (4/1), New Mexico State University (5/3), Oklahoma Baptist University (1/1), Oklahoma Christian University (2/1), Oklahoma State University (1/1), Patrick Henry College (1/1), Pensacola Christian College (1/1), Purdue University (1/1), Sam Houston State University (1/1), Southwestern Assemblies of God University (1/1), Southwestern University (1/1), Tennessee State University (1/1), Texas A & M University (1/0), Trinity Christian College (1/1), Trinity Western University (1/0), Tulane University (1/0), University of Mary Hardin-Baylor (2/2), University of Maryland (1/1), University of New Mexico (34/31), Vanderbilt University (1/1), Vassar College (2/2)

 

Victory Christian School admits students of any race, color, and gender or national/ethic origin to all rights, privileges, programs and other activities generally accorded or made available to students at the school.  Victory Christian School does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, gender or national/ethnic origin in administration of employment, educational policies, admission policies, scholarship/loan programs, athletics, and other school-administered programs.