Summary
Los Alamos Middle is a grades 7–8 school with 543 students in Los Alamos, New Mexico, serving a small community as part of Los Alamos Public Schools, which ranks 4th of 87 districts statewide. The school is a consistent statewide leader: in 2025–2026 it ranked 8th of 191 New Mexico middle schools (96th percentile, 5 stars), placing it in the top 4% of the state's middle schools. Across the years shown, it never fell below the 92nd percentile and has always earned 5 stars.
Compared with the nearby middle schools — Pojoaque Middle, Sixth Grade Academy, and Carlos F. Vigil Middle, all 13.5–15.2 miles away and outside the district — Los Alamos Middle's results stand out sharply. In 2025–2026, 75.36% of students were proficient in ELA, versus 44.66% statewide, 42.79% at Pojoaque Middle, 28.62% at Carlos F. Vigil Middle, and 18.18% in grade 6 at Sixth Grade Academy. Math shows the biggest gap: 63.36% proficiency at Los Alamos Middle, compared with 27.85% statewide and 7.94%, 8.01%, and 15.70% at those schools. Eighth-grade science was 64.26%, versus 34.33% statewide. Context matters: Los Alamos Middle has a student–teacher ratio of 11:1 and a 13.63% free/reduced-lunch rate, while the nearby schools report 95–100%.
Within the school, 8th-grade math is the relative soft spot: 53.78% proficient, about 19 points below its own 7th-grade math result of 73.25% — though still far above the state's 20.29%–20.50% range. Results are strong across most student groups. In 2025–2026 statewide subgroup rankings, male students ranked 4th of 145, female students 5th of 136, Hispanic students 10th of 143, and White students 9th of 170, all 5 stars. Low-income students ranked 25th of 133 (81st percentile, 4 stars) and English language learners 24th of 108. Some smaller-group results, such as special education and Native American students, vary widely from year to year and are best read with caution.
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