Schools in Zip Code 88310

ZIP code 88310 covers Alamogordo, New Mexico, and contains 10 schools: six elementary, two middle, one high school, and one alternative school serving students in grades PK–12. Nine of them belong to Alamogordo Public Schools, which ranks 41 of 87 districts in the state (53rd percentile, 3 stars), while the alternative campus is the Nm School For The Blind And Visually Impaired, a specialized state school with just 45 students. Total enrollment across these schools is 4,223, with Alamogordo High the largest at 1,440 students. Nearly every regular district school reports 100% free or reduced-price lunch, so these performance differences occur within a broadly high-need student population.

The strongest performers stand out clearly. Sierra Elementary ranks highest among local schools at the 68th percentile with 3 stars, posting 52.21% proficiency in Language Arts and 39.71% in Math — both well above district and state averages. Alamogordo High ranks at the 64th percentile with a graduation rate of 81.0%, slightly above the state's 80.6%, and beats the state in every tested subject. Buena Vista Elementary is a Language Arts standout at 52.04% overall, including 68.42% in 4th-grade Language Arts, though its math lags at 26.26%. Chaparral Middle is the better of the two middle schools, at the 58th percentile with math at 33.2%. Nm School For The Blind And Visually Impaired has an exceptionally low student-to-teacher ratio of 3.7, but its specialized mission makes it hard to compare with regular district schools.

Other schools face clear challenges. North Elementary reports the lowest proficiency among schools with all-grade data — 24.29% in Language Arts and 17.14% in Math — and many of its grade-level values are suppressed, so the full picture is unknown. Yucca Elementary has all-grade math at 17.24%, with 4th-grade math reported as under 20%. Desert Star Elementary sits at the 27th percentile with 1 star, and Mountain View Middle and Sunset Hills Elementary rank at the 34th and 39th percentiles. Across the ZIP, math is the systemic weak point, and several schools have slipped in rank compared with prior years.