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Los Alamos Public Schools

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At a glance

4^thof 87 New Mexico districts▼ 1

Better than 95% of New Mexico districts

Elementary 5 Middle 1 High 1Grades PK, KG-12

2075 Trinity Drive
Los Alamos, NM 87544·(505) 663-2230·All New Mexico district rankings →

Statewide performance 2017–2026

2026: better than 95.4% of districts

Schools

3,667

Students

5-star schools

Top rankedMountain Elementary2^nd of 346 New Mexico elementary schools

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Biggest riser

Los Alamos High up 12 spots statewide this year

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Smallest classes

Los Alamos Middle 11 students per teacher

SchoolDigger ratings

5★

4★

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Summary:

Los Alamos Public Schools enrolls roughly 3,667 students across seven schools — five elementary schools (Mountain Elementary, Barranca Mesa Elementary, Aspen Elementary, Pinon Elementary, and Chamisa Elementary), one middle school (Los Alamos Middle), and one high school (Los Alamos High) — serving grades K–12. The Los Alamos Public Schools district ranks 4th of 87 in New Mexico, placing it in the 95th percentile with 5 stars, and every listed school exceeds state averages in ELA, math, and science.

Mountain Elementary is the district's clearest standout: 2nd of 346 elementary schools statewide, 99th percentile, 5 stars, with 81.74% ELA and 72.93% math proficiency. Pinon Elementary posts the highest elementary math proficiency (76.69%), the lowest free/reduced lunch rate (6%), and exceptional 6th-grade math (88.89%), though its 5th-grade results dip (ELA 54.76%, math 57.14%, science 45.24%). Los Alamos High ranks 5th of 132 (96th percentile, 5 stars), rebounding from 17th of 131 with 4 stars a year earlier, and graduates 97.1% of students versus 80.6% statewide. Los Alamos Middle ranks 8th of 191, also 96th percentile, though 7th-grade math (72.18%) far outpaces 8th-grade math (53.36%).

Among the remaining elementaries, Chamisa Elementary is steady at 16th of 346, Barranca Mesa Elementary has climbed from 31st to 17th over three years, and Aspen Elementary is the district's lowest-ranked school (37th of 346, 89th percentile, 4 stars) yet still beats state averages. Internal differences are wide — Mountain's ELA proficiency runs about 19 points above Aspen's — while free/reduced lunch rates (6% to 17.06%) and student-teacher ratios (11.0 to 14.5) do not follow a simple pattern with achievement.

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Ranking:

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2026)				Ranking (2025)				SAT School Day English Language Arts (2026)	SAT School Day Mathematics (2026)	NM-ASR Science (2026)			NM-MSSA English Language Arts (2026)							NM-MSSA Mathematics (2026)							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 (2026)	Statewide Rank (2026)	State Percentile (2026)	SchoolDigger Rating (2026)	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	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%)	87	37^th of 346 public elementary schools	89.3%		89	28^th of 345 public elementary schools	91.9%	9			62.7			54.2	72.3	61.0	69.4			63.6	49.2	48.9	54.2	67.4			54.7	$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%)	94.6	17^th of 346 public elementary schools	95.1%		90.2	24^th of 345 public elementary schools	93.0%	7			72.1			75.0	68.3	68.9	71.7			70.8	65.4	61.7	62.3	64.2			63.3	$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%)	94.9	16^th of 346 public elementary schools	95.4%		94.5	13^th of 345 public elementary schools	96.2%	3			74.0			72.5	73.7	80.0	71.1			74.7	50.0	57.9	70.0	60.5			60.2	$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%)	95.8	8^th of 191 public middle schools	95.8%		97.2	7^th of 192 public middle schools	96.4%	1				64.3						77.2	73.6	75.4					73.3	53.8	63.4	$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%)	97.3	5^th of 132 public high schools	96.2%		88.2	17^th of 131 public high schools	87.0%	12	77.4	52.6			74.2															$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%)	98.7	2^nd of 346 public elementary schools	99.4%		99.1	2^nd of 345 public elementary schools	99.4%				82.8			80.4	83.1	81.0	82.3			81.7	76.0	67.8	72.4	75.8			72.9	$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%)	91.6	21^st of 346 public elementary schools	93.9%		95.3	12^th of 345 public elementary schools	96.5%	9			45.2			90.5	81.8	54.8	80.0			76.5	81.0	78.8	57.1	88.9			76.5	$5,631

Districts nearby

District	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
San Ildefonso Day School	10.82 mi	1
Kha'p'o Community School	13.59 mi	1
Pojoaque Valley Public Schools	13.82 mi	5	71^st
Espanola Public Schools	14.19 mi	15
McCurdy Charter School	16.2 mi	1

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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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