Socorro High School

In May 2010 my son graduated with honors from Socorro High School. I know there are much better schools out there and Socorro High struggles to to keep up but the class of 2010 excelled with out being a posh school that has been given the best money can buy. For the first time since 1977 the 2009 football team made it to state to play against Lovington which may as well be a Texas school. They have all the best for their football program and Socorro has very little. But it was the coaches, students and teachers who rose to the challenge. I must admit I have been to much better graduations where again they have the best money can buy and this years SHS commencement exercise was not the best but it was the teachers, students and parents who made the best of it without the money.
--Submitted by a parent

As a parent of two kids, if I had a chance to enroll my children in a different high school, I would. The lack of academic challenges and minimal course offerings has been a disappointment; however, we do have an excellent vice principal who does the best she can to control the overly large population of unmotivated juvenile delinquents and kids from families which just don't care.
--Submitted by a parent

Socorro High has some very good teachers as well as a few truly terrible ones. The terrible ones keep teaching year after year. Many of the kids are not interested in school, so teachers end up having to spend time controlling the class. Good students are only challenged by a few classes. However, the school is good about letting kids take classes at New Mexico Tech, which helps. The extracurricular activities are good.
--Submitted by a parent