Albuquerque Academy is an independent, college preparatory day school for boys and girls in grades six through twelve. It has 252 employees. It was founded in 1955. Its estimated annual revenue is currently $45.4M per year. Their mission is to believe that children's lives change when their natural passion for learning is nurtured and transformed into habits of life-long learning and reflection. They believe that the world changes as these children learn to serve their country and community with wisdom, conviction, and compassion. The academy's top competitors are the University of the Southwest, Northern New Mexico College, and Alamogordo Public Schools. The Academy prides itself on offering an educational program based on creative, independent doing and thinking. The school motto, “Scientia ad faciendum,” or “knowledge for the sake of doing,” reflects an underlying philosophy of achieving actionable knowledge.
