ALDO LEOPOLD CHARTER

ALDO LEOPOLD CHARTER is a secondary school of close-knit scale in SILVER CITY, New Mexico, run under ALDO LEOPOLD CHARTER, instructing 201 students in grades 6 through 12. Compared to the state average of about 450 students per school, that is 55% smaller than typical.

ALDO LEOPOLD CHARTER is a school of ALDO LEOPOLD CHARTER, the district that handles curriculum, staffing, and budget for the campus.

In terms of who attends, ALDO LEOPOLD CHARTER lists that the largest single group is White at 51%, but no single group is in the majority. Beyond that, the school lists 38% Hispanic, 8% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 62% White, putting the school's mix considerably less White than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 21 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 9.7:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 22.9:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Around 47% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Grant County (around 97%), the school's rate is meaningfully below typical.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), ALDO LEOPOLD CHARTER performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 46.1%, the actual is 58.0%, a residual of +11.9 points.

Zooming out to the county, census data for Grant County shows median household income runs about $44,958, 31% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 12%. In all, Grant County runs 16 public schools (combined enrollment of about 3,240 students), of which ALDO LEOPOLD CHARTER is one.

Nearest neighbor: SIXTH STREET ELEMENTARY, around 0.3 miles off. 7 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 5 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), ALDO LEOPOLD CHARTER ranks 1st on composite proficiency, higher than the local average of 40.4%.

ALDO LEOPOLD CHARTER operates from a town-center location. ALDO LEOPOLD CHARTER operates as a public charter school, meaning it is publicly funded but governed independently of the surrounding district's traditional schools.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at ALDO LEOPOLD CHARTER has climbed 24%, going from 162 students in 2018 to 201 in 2025. The White share of enrollment fell from 69% to 51% over that span.

On this page, members of the ALDO LEOPOLD CHARTER community share and discuss science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.