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Mountain Elementary

Public Grades PK, KG-6

2^nd

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 346 New Mexico Elementary Schools

Better than 99% of New Mexico elementary schools

Summary

Mountain Elementary is a PK–6 school with 435 students in Los Alamos, New Mexico, part of Los Alamos Public Schools, a district ranked 4th of 87 in the state. In 2025–2026 it ranked #2 of 346 elementary schools in New Mexico (99th percentile, 5 stars) — the top 1% of the state — and it has earned a 5-star rating every year from 2014–2015 through 2025–2026.

Within its own district, Mountain stands apart. Same-district peers rank lower: Chamisa Elementary #16, Barranca Mesa Elementary #17, Pinon Elementary #21, and Aspen Elementary #37 of 346. In 2025–2026 all-grade Language Arts, Mountain posted 81.74% proficiency versus 74.11% for the district and 43.34% for the state; in Mathematics, 72.93% versus 62.51% and 25.54%; and in 5th-grade Science, 82.76% versus 68.5% and 31.97%. Pinon edges Mountain in math (76.69% vs. 72.93%), but Pinon's science proficiency is 45.24% — 37.5 points behind Mountain — giving Mountain a more balanced profile. The nearest school, Aspen Elementary (0.71 miles away), trails Mountain by about 19 points in every subject, while Barranca Mesa (2.35 miles away) trails by roughly 10 points.

Nearby out-of-district schools, which serve far higher shares of students eligible for free or reduced lunch, show a different level of results: Pojoaque Intermediate (100% FRL) posts 45.31% in Language Arts, 15.18% in Mathematics, and 28.16% in Science, and Pablo Roybal Elementary and Los Ninos Elementary follow similar patterns. Mountain's results also hold across student groups — male students ranked #1 of 251 statewide in 2025–2026, female students #11 of 252, and in earlier years English Language Learner students ranked #1 of 223 and Special Education students #8 of 158. Its free/reduced lunch rate was 9.66% in 2024–2025, and its student-teacher ratio was 12.2, similar to same-district peers.

435

Students ?

12.2

Student/teacher ratio ?

$11,220

Per pupil spending ?

9.7%

Free/reduced lunch eligible (2024-25) ?

All students in New Mexico receive free school meals.

2280 North Rd
Los Alamos, NM 87544

(505) 663-2325

District: Los Alamos Public Schools

Students who attend Mountain Elementary usually attend:

Middle:	Los Alamos Middle
High:	Los Alamos High

Racial breakdown:

White:

55.2%

Hispanic:

29.0%

Asian:

10.1%

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At a glance

▬ Ranking trend: Holding steady — 97th percentile in 2015 → 99th in 2026

Strengths

✓Test scores above the New Mexico average (78% vs 36% meeting standards)

✓Ranks in the top 1% of New Mexico elementary schools

✓Among the top-ranked schools in Los Alamos Public Schools

Students meeting standards (2025-2026) ?

This school78%

District avg69%

New Mexico avg36%

2^nd of 346

New Mexico public elementary schools ?

Top 1%▲ up 1 pts since 2016

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

1^st of 5Elementary Schools in the Los Alamos Public Schools

4^th of 87Los Alamos Public Schools among New Mexico districts

Statewide rank percentile over time (100 = the top-ranked school in the state; click a legend item to add a student group)

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All Students

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New Mexico percentile	Rating
2026	98.7	2 of 346	99.4%	★★★★★
2025	99.1	2 of 345	99.4%	★★★★★
2024	99.5	4 of 413	99.0%	★★★★★
2023	99.9	2 of 435	99.5%	★★★★★
2022	99.5	3 of 420	99.3%	★★★★★
2019	99.1	1 of 396	99.7%	★★★★★
2018	97.5	5 of 383	98.7%	★★★★★
2017	97.6	6 of 374	98.4%	★★★★★
2016	97.4	8 of 410	98.0%	★★★★★
2015	97.2	12 of 421	97.1%	★★★★★
2014	96.1	9 of 442	98.0%	★★★★★
2013	95.5	13 of 412	96.8%	★★★★★
2012	97.7	5 of 398	98.7%	★★★★★
2011	98.3	2 of 402	99.5%	★★★★★
2010	91.2	17 of 419	95.9%	★★★★★
2009	91.3	19 of 411	95.4%	★★★★★
2008	93.4	15 of 405	96.3%	★★★★★
2007	95.2	7 of 398	98.2%	★★★★★
2006	96.0	7 of 390	98.2%	★★★★★
2005	97.4	4 of 389	99.0%	★★★★★

Asian

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New Mexico percentile	Rating
2024	95.7	1 of 11	90.9%	★★★★★

English Language Learner

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New Mexico percentile	Rating
2024	100.0	1 of 223	99.6%	★★★★★
2023	100.0	2 of 191	99.0%	★★★★★

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New Mexico percentile	Rating
2026	92.6	11 of 252	95.6%	★★★★★
2024	98.6	4 of 398	99.0%	★★★★★
2023	99.8	2 of 390	99.5%	★★★★★
2022	99.6	4 of 395	99.0%	★★★★★
2019	98.7	1 of 343	99.7%	★★★★★
2018	96.2	6 of 339	98.2%	★★★★★

Hispanic

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New Mexico percentile	Rating
2026	92.7	11 of 273	96.0%	★★★★★
2025	94.8	7 of 255	97.3%	★★★★★
2024	94.5	22 of 384	94.3%	★★★★★
2023	99.6	4 of 395	99.0%	★★★★★
2022	97.2	8 of 389	97.9%	★★★★★
2019	94.0	5 of 320	98.4%	★★★★★
2018	95.2	4 of 329	98.8%	★★★★★

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New Mexico percentile	Rating
2023	99.8	2 of 426	99.5%	★★★★★
2022	100.0	1 of 410	99.8%	★★★★★

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New Mexico percentile	Rating
2026	98.9	1 of 251	99.6%	★★★★★
2024	99.0	3 of 397	99.2%	★★★★★
2023	99.9	1 of 414	99.8%	★★★★★
2022	98.7	4 of 392	99.0%	★★★★★
2019	98.8	1 of 337	99.7%	★★★★★
2018	95.3	7 of 333	97.9%	★★★★★

Special Education

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New Mexico percentile	Rating
2024	97.2	8 of 158	94.9%	★★★★★
2023	99.9	2 of 165	98.8%	★★★★★
2022	82.8	9 of 132	93.2%	★★★★★
2019	95.2	2 of 47	95.7%	★★★★★

White

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New Mexico percentile	Rating
2026	98.5	2 of 304	99.3%	★★★★★
2025	98.8	2 of 304	99.3%	★★★★★
2024	98.5	4 of 339	98.8%	★★★★★
2023	99.7	3 of 413	99.3%	★★★★★
2022	96.2	1 of 325	99.7%	★★★★★
2019	95.9	2 of 199	99.0%	★★★★★
2018	87.3	8 of 187	95.7%	★★★★★

How student groups rank statewide ? (each group's percentile vs the same group at other schools — higher is better; the +/- beside each compares the group with this school's overall percentile)

Male (2026)100th percentile~ school

English Language Learner (2024)100th percentile~ school

Low Socio Economic Status (2023)100th percentile~ school

White (2026)99th percentile~ school

Hispanic (2026)96th percentile-3 vs school

Female (2026)96th percentile-4 vs school

Special Education (2024)95th percentile-4 vs school

Asian (2024)91st percentile-8 vs school

By subject vs New Mexico (2025-2026) ?

Science83%+51 vs state

English Language Arts82%+37 vs state

Mathematics73%+45 vs state

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by a parent
Wednesday, December 14, 2011

Excellent learning environment that spills out into the hallways, with robotic cars, and into grounds, with flowerbeds designed by each grade level. We do not have a cafeteria to serve food, but we are the first school in Los Alamos to make getting a hot lunch program set up to feed our qualifying students a hot meal every school day. The students are the focus at Mountain. Happy students, make well adjusted learners. Close Quote

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2026)				Ranking (2025)				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/reduced lunch (2024-25)	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	NM-ASR Science 5th 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 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 All Grades	Total
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
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
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
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
San Ildefonso Day School	Public	K-6	36 Tunyo Po	San Ildefonso Pueblo	87506	Santa Fe County	San Ildefonso Day School	(n/a)	No	No	Yes	(505) 455-2366	36	6	6.5	91.7%	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	36 (100.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)								(n/a)
Kha'p'o Community School	Public	K-6	625 Kee Street	Espanola	87532	Rio Arriba County	Kha'p'o Community School	(n/a)	No	No	Yes	(505) 753-4406	98	1	98.0	96.9%	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	98 (100.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)								(n/a)
Pojoaque Intermediate	Public	4-5	1574 State Road 502	Santa Fe	87506	Santa Fe County	Pojoaque Valley Public Schools	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(505) 455-2282	224	15	15.2	—	8 (3.6%)	0 (0.0%)	172 (76.8%)	1 (0.4%)	40 (17.9%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (1.3%)	30.3	240^th of 346 public elementary schools	30.6%		23.4	270^th of 345 public elementary schools	21.7%	30	28.7		59.1	35.4		46.5		15.9	15.3		15.6	$8,390
Pablo Roybal Elementary	Public	PK, KG-3	1574 State Rd 502	Santa Fe	87506	Santa Fe County	Pojoaque Valley Public Schools	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(505) 455-2282	384	27	14.0	—	16 (4.2%)	0 (0.0%)	290 (75.5%)	4 (1.0%)	71 (18.5%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (0.8%)								(n/a)		45.5					18.2					$9,857
Los Ninos Elementary	Public	PK-K	323 North Coronado Ave	Espanola	87532	Rio Arriba County	Espanola Public Schools	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(505) 753-6819	71	7	9.5	—	1 (1.4%)	0 (0.0%)	67 (94.4%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (1.4%)	1 (1.4%)	1 (1.4%)								(n/a)												$18,699

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