To create self-sufficient, contributing members of the community To promote student achievement in academic, artistic and applied disciplines Manzano High School is a public high school located in northeast Albuquerque, New Mexico.

MHS competes in the New Mexico Activities Association (NMAA), as a class 6A school in District 2.

In March 2006, the Monarch varsity boys' basketball team defeated Alamogordo to win the Class 5A championship.

On December 2, 2017, Manzano defeated their cross-town rival La Cueva High School to complete an undefeated season (13-0) and win the New Mexico Class 6-A football championship under head coach Chad Adcox.

Atrisco Heritage Academy HS, Kirtland Air Force Base, and National Museum of Nuclear Science & History are adjacent to but outside of the city limits.Rio Grande HS and Sandia Peak Tramway are near but not in the city limits.