Native American Community Academy

{{Short description|K-12 school in Albuquerque, New Mexico}}

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Native American Community Academy (NACA) is a charter K-12 school in Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States.

It opened in 2006. Originally it was a grade 6-12 school, with grades 6-10 taking classes at temporary buildings on the grounds of Wilson Middle School, and with grades 11-12 attending classes at University of New Mexico School of Law. All school buses went to Wilson, with grade 11-12 students transported to/from Wilson to the UNM Law building.{{cite web|last=Yodice|first=James|url=https://www.abqjournal.com/170728/academy-blends-native-culture-city-life.html|title=Academy blends native culture, city life|newspaper=Albuquerque Journal|date=2013-02-20|accessdate=2021-07-27}}

In 2013 all grades moved to Building 232 of the former Albuquerque Indian School, also known as the Employees' New Dormitory and Club, which was the only remaining building of the AIS campus. The prospective enrollment was 380. The school planned to add elementary grades later.{{cite web|last=Tassy|first=Elaine|url=https://www.abqjournal.com/252775/native-american-charter-school-finds-home-on-indian-school-campus.html|title=Native American charter school finds home on Indian School campus|newspaper=Albuquerque Journal|date=2013-08-25|accessdate=2021-07-27}} The school preserved the exterior of its current campus.{{cite web|last=Sorber|first=Greg|url=https://www.abqjournal.com:443/252775/native-american-charter-school-finds-home-on-indian-school-campus.html/b01_jd_25aug_indianschool|title=A subcontractor, at work[...]|newspaper=Albuquerque Journal|accessdate=2021-07-27}}

On July 21, 2014, NACA started a Native American-oriented charter school network, with its first campus being Dream Diné Charter School in Shiprock, New Mexico.{{cite web|last=Kellogg|first=Joshua|url=https://www.abqjournal.com/454869/first-school-in-native-network-set-to-open.html|title=First school in Native network set to open|newspaper=Albuquerque Journal|date=2014-08-31|accessdate=2021-07-27}}