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Best Public Schools in Los Alamos County, NM

At a glance

Schools

3,667

Students

5-star schools

Top rankedMountain Elementary2^nd of 345 New Mexico elementary schools

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Biggest riser

Chamisa Elementary up 9 spots statewide this year

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Smallest classes

Los Alamos Middle 11 students per teacher

SchoolDigger ratings

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2025)				Ranking (2024)				SAT School Day English Language Arts (2025)	SAT School Day Mathematics (2025)	NM-ASR Science (2025)			NM-MSSA English Language Arts (2025)							NM-MSSA Mathematics (2025)							Per Pupil Expenditures (2019)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients (2025)	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	SchoolDigger Rating (2025)	Average Standard Score (2024)	Statewide Rank (2024)	State Percentile (2024)	Rank Change from Previous Year	SAT School Day English Language Arts 11th Grade	SAT School Day Mathematics 11th Grade	NM-ASR Science 5th Grade	NM-ASR Science 8th Grade	NM-ASR Science 11th Grade	NM-MSSA English Language Arts 3rd Grade	NM-MSSA English Language Arts 4th Grade	NM-MSSA English Language Arts 5th Grade	NM-MSSA English Language Arts 6th Grade	NM-MSSA English Language Arts 7th Grade	NM-MSSA English Language Arts 8th Grade	NM-MSSA English Language Arts All Grades	NM-MSSA Mathematics 3rd Grade	NM-MSSA Mathematics 4th Grade	NM-MSSA Mathematics 5th Grade	NM-MSSA Mathematics 6th Grade	NM-MSSA Mathematics 7th Grade	NM-MSSA Mathematics 8th Grade	NM-MSSA Mathematics All Grades	Total
Aspen Elementary	Public	PK, KG-6	2182 33rd St	Los Alamos	87544	Los Alamos County	Los Alamos Public Schools	No	(n/a)	No	No	(505) 663-2275	428	37	11.5	17.1%	208 (48.6%)	10 (2.3%)	164 (38.3%)	29 (6.8%)	11 (2.6%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (1.4%)	89	28^th of 345 public elementary schools	91.9%		87.9	36^th of 413 public elementary schools	91.3%	8			57.7			56.9	76.2	57.7	71.9			66.4	52.9	64.1	44.2	64.9			57.1	$11,702
Barranca Mesa Elementary	Public	PK, KG-6	57 Loma Del Escolar	Los Alamos	87544	Los Alamos County	Los Alamos Public Schools	No	(n/a)	No	No	(505) 663-2730	429	38	11.4	13.1%	244 (56.9%)	3 (0.7%)	142 (33.1%)	33 (7.7%)	4 (0.9%)	2 (0.5%)	1 (0.2%)	90.2	24^th of 345 public elementary schools	93.0%		90.5	31^st of 413 public elementary schools	92.5%	7			54.7			57.9	71.9	58.5	68.6			64.4	54.4	57.1	54.7	71.2			59.1	$11,021
Chamisa Elementary	Public	PK, KG-6	301 Meadow Ln	White Rock	87547	Los Alamos County	Los Alamos Public Schools	No	(n/a)	No	No	(505) 663-2470	301	27	11.3	13.3%	126 (41.9%)	2 (0.7%)	147 (48.8%)	12 (4.0%)	11 (3.7%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (1.0%)	94.5	13^th of 345 public elementary schools	96.2%		96	22^nd of 413 public elementary schools	94.7%	9			69.2			66.7	75.0	74.4	77.1			73.6	42.4	64.6	61.5	71.4			60.7	$13,063
Los Alamos Middle	Public	7-8	2101 Hawk Dr	Los Alamos	87544	Los Alamos County	Los Alamos Public Schools	No	(n/a)	No	No	(505) 663-2375	543	49	11.0	13.6%	278 (51.2%)	13 (2.4%)	206 (37.9%)	35 (6.4%)	5 (0.9%)	2 (0.4%)	4 (0.7%)	97.2	7^th of 192 public middle schools	96.4%		95.5	3^rd of 165 public middle schools	98.2%	4				70.0						77.7	76.4	77.1					67.6	55.1	61.2	$12,059
Los Alamos High	Public	9-12	1300 Diamond Dr	Los Alamos	87544	Los Alamos County	Los Alamos Public Schools	No	(n/a)	No	No	(505) 663-2210	1,181	81	14.5	11.4%	623 (52.8%)	13 (1.1%)	436 (36.9%)	72 (6.1%)	27 (2.3%)	2 (0.2%)	8 (0.7%)	88.2	17^th of 131 public high schools	87.0%		89.9	15^th of 172 public high schools	91.3%	2	72.8	38.0			62.6															$12,951
Mountain Elementary	Public	PK, KG-6	2280 North Rd	Los Alamos	87544	Los Alamos County	Los Alamos Public Schools	No	(n/a)	No	No	(505) 663-2325	435	36	12.2	9.7%	240 (55.2%)	9 (2.1%)	126 (29.0%)	44 (10.1%)	14 (3.2%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.5%)	99.1	2^nd of 345 public elementary schools	99.4%		99.5	4^th of 413 public elementary schools	99.0%	2			70.0			79.7	88.3	85.0	83.6			84.2	69.5	78.3	70.0	83.6			75.4	$11,220
Pinon Elementary	Public	PK, KG-6	90 Grand Canyon Dr	White Rock	87547	Los Alamos County	Los Alamos Public Schools	No	(n/a)	No	No	(505) 663-2680	350	25	14.1	6.0%	219 (62.6%)	2 (0.6%)	91 (26.0%)	31 (8.9%)	2 (0.6%)	2 (0.6%)	3 (0.9%)	95.3	12^th of 345 public elementary schools	96.5%		98.8	8^th of 413 public elementary schools	98.1%	4			55.1			70.3	74.4	69.4	84.8			74.9	64.9	51.2	71.4	80.4			67.4	$5,631

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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the New Mexico Public Education Department.

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