Eldorado High School is a public 9âÂÂ12 high school located in northeast Albuquerque, New Mexico, in the Albuquerque Public Schools district.
The NMPED (New Mexico Public Education department) replaced the No Child Left Behind Act and AYP testing with a new school grading formula, which took effect for the 2010âÂÂ11 school years. The grade is calculated using many forms of testing, and includes graduation rates.
Eldorado competes in the New Mexico Activities Association 5A-District 2, along with Farmington High School, La Cueva High School, Piedra Vista High School and West Mesa High School. Eldorado's mascot is the Golden Eagle and has nineteen teams participating in fourteen boys and girls sports; Eldorado's main rival is La Cueva High School.
The Eldorado Highschool band program has been very notable for the marching arts in New Mexico. The program is composed of around 150 students with directors Stephen Snowden Jr and Jordan M. Sayre.
In 2007, the Albuquerque Journal revealed that the high school had been used for the filming of the first season of Breaking Bad.
The high school has been used by Netflix for the filming of Stranger Things season four. The first mention is in Episode 1, "The Hellfire club" as Lenora Hills High School.
The school was featured briefly in Better Call Saul during the season 6 episode âÂÂBreaking Bad.âÂÂ