Summary:
ZIP code 88337 in La Luz, New Mexico is served by one public school — La Luz Elementary, an elementary school serving grades K–5 with 224 students in Alamogordo Public Schools. The area has 0 middle schools, 0 high schools, and 0 alternative schools, so families here have a single in-ZIP option and would look outside the area for secondary schooling.
La Luz Elementary stands out against both its own history and broader benchmarks. Its 2025–26 school rank is 90th out of 346 schools — the 74th percentile with 4 stars — up from 174th of 345 (50th percentile, 3 stars) in 2024–25 and 181st of 413 (56th percentile, 3 stars) in 2023–24. In 2025–26, it outperformed both its district and the state in every reported subject area: all-grades Language Arts was 55%, compared with 46.05% in the district and 43.34% statewide, and all-grades math was 36%, compared with 30.23% district and 25.54% state. Grade-level results highlight 4th-grade Language Arts at 64.86%, 14.50 percentage points above the state, and 5th-grade science at 48.39%, 16.42 points above the state. Even the lowest reported 2025–26 grade-level score, 3rd-grade math at 34.38%, was 8.14 points above the state.
The year-over-year turnaround is the biggest story. In 2024–25, the school's all-grades English Language Arts was 39.45%, below both the district (47.80%) and the state (44.19%); in 2025–26 it improved by 15.55 points while the district declined 1.75 points and the state 0.85 points. Math rose 4.81 points, and 5th-grade science rose 11.55 points, again while district scores in both fell. This happened in a high-poverty context: 99.55% of students qualified for free/reduced lunch in 2024–25, with a student/teacher ratio of 18.6.
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