Summary:
Los Alamos Middle is the only middle school in Los Alamos Public Schools, serving grades 7–8 to 543 students at 2101 Hawk Dr in Los Alamos, New Mexico, within a district ranked 4th of 87 statewide. Because it is the sole middle school in the district, its grade-level results are identical to the district's middle-grade results, so the most useful comparisons are against the state and against the school's own history. About 13.6% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, and the 11:1 student-teacher ratio implies roughly 49–50 teachers.
The school has earned 5 stars and a place in the top 5% of New Mexico middle schools for three consecutive years, ranking 3rd of 165 (2023–2024), 7th of 192 (2024–2025), and 8th of 191 (2025–2026) — a shift from the 98th to the 96th percentile as the ranked pool grew. Proficiency far outpaces state rates: 75.36% in ELA versus 44.66% statewide, 63.36% in math versus 27.85%, and 64.26% in 8th grade science versus 34.33%. Math carries the biggest margins over state (from +35.5 to +46.2 points), and the school runs 1.7× to 2.7× the state rate depending on subject.
Two patterns are worth watching. First, math falls sharply between grades: 7th graders reach 73.25% proficiency while 8th graders reach 53.78%, a 19.5-point drop, whereas ELA slips only 3.6 points (77.18 to 73.60). Even so, 8th grade math is more than double the state rate, making this a relative weakness rather than a failure — but it is the school's lowest core measure, below its own 8th grade science and ELA. Second, 8th grade science declined 5.7 points year over year (69.96 to 64.26) while math gained 2.2 points and ELA slipped 1.7. The school also trails its district slightly in math while leading in ELA.
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