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Los Alamos Schools
Los Alamos is a public school district in New Mexico, based in Los Alamos County (Los Alamos). SchoolGrade grades 8 of its schools on actual versus projected test scores; every school below has its own page.
Los Alamos on the map
District boundary from the NCES EDGE composite school district file. Each marker is a graded school; click it for its grade and scores.
SchoolGrade summary for Los Alamos
1 of 8 schools in Los Alamos carry a SchoolGrade (7 have too little test data to grade). Grade distribution:
A: 1
Every school in Los Alamos
High schools (1)
- A Los Alamos High, Los Alamos
Middle and junior high schools (1)
- Los Alamos Middle, Los Alamos
Elementary and primary schools (5)
- Aspen Elementary, Los Alamos
- Barranca Mesa Elementary, Los Alamos
- Chamisa Elementary, White Rock
- Mountain Elementary, Los Alamos
- Pinon Elementary, White Rock
Other schools and academies (1)
- Topper Freshman Academy, Los Alamos
Where Los Alamos schools are
Cities and towns served (2)
- Los Alamos (6)
- White Rock (2)
About this district
- State: Best schools in New Mexico
- County: Los Alamos County
- Type: regular local school district
- Setting: distant town (NCES locale of the district office)
- Enrollment: 3,729 students with 292 full-time-equivalent teachers and 425 total staff FTE (NCES CCD, 2023-24)
- NCES district ID: 3501650
- Grades are the 2025-26 SchoolGrade model: each school's actual proficiency against the level projected for its student context. How SchoolGrade works
Nearby school districts
- Pojoaque (5 schools, 17 mi)
- Espanola (13 schools, 20 mi)
- Jemez Valley (4 schools, 24 mi)
- Santa Fe (29 schools, 29 mi)
- Bernalillo (11 schools, 29 mi)
- Pecos (3 schools, 42 mi)
- Penasco (3 schools, 42 mi)
- Rio Rancho (21 schools, 46 mi)
Questions about Los Alamos
How many schools are in Los Alamos?
SchoolGrade grades 8 public schools in Los Alamos, across 2 cities and towns. Every one of them is listed on this page with a link to its own report.
Which cities does Los Alamos serve?
The largest by graded schools: Los Alamos, White Rock.
How good are the schools in Los Alamos?
Across the 1 graded schools, the average SchoolGrade is A, with 70% of tested students meeting the state bar against a projected 64%. 100% of schools meet or exceed the expectation for their student context.
How many students attend Los Alamos?
3,729 students were enrolled in Los Alamos in the 2023-24 school year, about 12.8 students per full-time teacher (NCES Common Core of Data).
Where is Los Alamos?
Los Alamos is in New Mexico, based in Los Alamos County, with its district office in Los Alamos. Its boundary covers about 110 sq mi.