Located in proximity to Espanola, it was formerly directly operated by the BIE.[2] In 1990 it had the highest number of students of the three Native American schools in the northern "pueblos" of New Mexico.[4]
A NACA-Inspired Schools Network-spearheaded change, partly done to ensure students kept fluency in the Tewa language, meant that in 2016 it became operated by a tribe, and it gained its current name.[2]
^"Contact Us". Kha'p'o Community School. Retrieved 2023-03-16. Kha'p'o Community School 625 Kee Street Espanola, NM 87532 - While the address says "Espanola", the school is in Santa Clara Pueblo (see US Census Bureau map for 2020)
Swentzell, R. (2006). "Conflicting Landscape Values: Santa Clara Pueblo and Day School". In V. B. Price; B. H. Morrow (eds.). Canyon Gardens: The Ancient Pueblo Landscapes of American Southwest. Albuquerque, New Mexico: University of New Mexico Press. pp. 125–132.