Summary:
ZIP code 87547, which covers White Rock, New Mexico, contains just two schools — Pinon Elementary and Chamisa Elementary — both elementary schools serving grades PK–6 in Los Alamos Public Schools, a district ranked 4th out of 87 in New Mexico at the 95th percentile with 5 stars. Combined enrollment is 651 students. Both schools are 5-star schools that rank in the top roughly 5–6% of New Mexico elementary schools, and both comfortably exceed state averages in English language arts, math, and science.
The two schools have distinct academic profiles. Pinon Elementary is the math standout: its all-grades math proficiency is 76.54%, compared with the district's 64.65% and the state's 27.85%, and it is 16.30 points higher than Chamisa Elementary's 60.24%. Pinon also has stronger math in 3rd, 4th, and 6th grades, including 88.89% in 6th grade math. Chamisa Elementary is the science standout, with 5th grade science proficiency of 74.00% against the district's 68.52% and the state's 32.24% — 28.76 points above Pinon's 45.24% — and it holds the stronger current overall rank of 16th out of 346 schools (95th percentile), versus Pinon's 21st (94th percentile). Notably, Pinon's 5th grade is a relative weak spot across ELA, math, and science, while Chamisa's 5th grade is a clear strength in all three.
On other metrics, Pinon has a lower free/reduced lunch rate (6.00%) than Chamisa (13.29%), while Chamisa has the lower student-teacher ratio (11.3 versus 14.1). Recent trends differ too: Pinon's math rose 9.11 points year over year but its 5th grade science fell 9.86 points, while Chamisa's 5th grade science gained 4.77 points and its math held nearly flat. Pinon reached the higher peak rank historically — 8th out of 413 in 2023–2024 — and both schools have kept 5 stars throughout.
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