Enrollment
201
High
STATE 450
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ALDO LEOPOLD CHARTER·NCES 350013800938
ALDO LEOPOLD CHARTER
410 W 10TH ST, SILVER CITY, NM 88061 · (575) 538-2547 · Grant County
GRADES 06–12HIGH33-TOWNCHARTERTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL201 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 77% of New Mexico public schools
- A-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded New Mexico public schools
Student : Teacher
9.7:1
21 FTE teachers
STATE 22.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
47%
95 students
STATE 90%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 18 | 9% |
| Grade 7 | 34 | 17% |
| Grade 8 | 31 | 15% |
| Grade 9 | 33 | 16% |
| Grade 10 | 35 | 17% |
| Grade 11 | 23 | 11% |
| Grade 12 | 27 | 13% |
Student demographics
59%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
STATE 55% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
NM-MSSA + NM-ASR 2024-25 . % ProficientEnglish Language Arts
58.6%
NM avg 44.2%
Math
22.9%
NM avg 27.2%
What this means: On the NM-MSSA + NM-ASR, New Mexico's statewide test, about 59 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 23 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all New Mexico schools, those numbers are about 44 and 27.
Source: NM-MSSA + NM-ASR. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
58.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
46.1%
based on NM schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+11.9pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 58% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 46% typical for New Mexico schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among New Mexico's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like ALDO LEOPOLD CHARTER
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| ALDO LEOPOLD CHARTER this school | 201 | 47.3% | 58.0% |
| TATUM HIGH TATUM | 129 | 43.4% | N/A |
| DORA HIGH DORA | 94 | 45.7% | 62.8% |
| MOSQUERO HIGH MOSQUERO | 51 | 51.0% | N/A |
| FORT SUMNER HIGH FORT SUMNER | 89 | 57.3% | N/A |
| CLOUDCROFT HIGH CLOUDCROFT | 138 | 39.9% | N/A |
Matched among New Mexico high schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where ALDO LEOPOLD CHARTER ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In New Mexico |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 58.0% | #3 of 17 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 22.9% | #10 of 16 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 58.6% | #8 of 20 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 201 | #111 of 212 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 9.7:1 | #6 of 104 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 58.7% | #21 of 113 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 47.3% | #126 of 147 |
Ranked against other public high schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
201
+34 (+20%) vs 2020
+101% since 2010-11, when it was 100
Student : Teacher
9.7:1
was 10.4:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 201 | 20.8 | 9.7:1 | 47% (95) |
| 2023-24 | 196 | 17.8 | 11.0:1 | 41% (80) |
| 2022-23 | 182 | 16.6 | 11.0:1 | 57% (104) |
| 2020-21 | 167 | 16 | 10.4:1 | 56% (93) |
| 2017-18 | 162 | 16.3 | 9.9:1 | 58% (94) |
| 2015-16 | 136 | 10 | 13.6:1 | 38% (52) |
| 2010-11 | 100 | 8 | 12.5:1 | 24% (24) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for ALDO LEOPOLD CHARTER.
Since 2017-18: students up 24% (162 to 201); teachers up 28% (16.3 to 20.8).
About ALDO LEOPOLD CHARTER
ALDO LEOPOLD CHARTER is a low-enrollment high school with an address in SILVER CITY, New Mexico. The school's enrollment of 201 students covers grades 6 through 12. Enrollment is 55% lower than the average for high schools in New Mexico, which is about 450.
Federal records list ALDO LEOPOLD CHARTER as its own district.
White students account for 51% of enrollment at ALDO LEOPOLD CHARTER. Smaller groups are 38% Hispanic and 8% multiracial. For comparison, the population of Grant County is roughly 62% White. The chance that two students picked at random at ALDO LEOPOLD CHARTER belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 59%.
ALDO LEOPOLD CHARTER operates with 20.8 full-time-equivalent teachers, a ratio of about 9.7:1. For comparison, high schools in New Mexico average 22.9:1. About 47% of students at the school meet free or reduced-price lunch income limits. That rate is below the 97% average among public schools in Grant County.
Measured against New Mexico public schools, ALDO LEOPOLD CHARTER receives an A-. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
Based on its free or reduced-price lunch share, the BeatsExpectations model predicts an average proficiency rate on state tests of 46.1% for ALDO LEOPOLD CHARTER. The school posts 58.0%, 11.9 points above the prediction.
Within Grant County, median household income is about $44,958, 31% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 12% of people live in poverty. The public schools of Grant County number 16 and enroll about 3,240.
The next-closest public school is SIXTH STREET ELEMENTARY, about 0.3 miles away. There are 7 more public schools inside five miles. Ranking the closest schools with test data puts ALDO LEOPOLD CHARTER at 1st of 5.
ALDO LEOPOLD CHARTER is in a town far from an urbanized area, a location NCES labels Town: Remote. It is a charter school, open to the public and funded by taxpayers.
The 2024-25 enrollment of 201 was 20% higher than in 2020-21, when it was 167.
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Grant County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
27,775
Census ACS
Median income
$44,958
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
31%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
12%
Below federal line
Schools in county
16
3,240 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in SILVER CITY
- SILVER HIGHHigh · 618 students
- HARRISON SCHMITT ELEMENTARYElementary · 337 students
- G.W.STOUT ELEMENTARYElementary · 334 students
- LA PLATA MIDDLEMiddle · 259 students
- JOSE BARRIOS ELEMENTARYElementary · 199 students
- SIXTH STREET ELEMENTARYElementary · 123 students
Nearby schools
- SIXTH STREET ELEMENTARY0.3 mi · 123
- JOSE BARRIOS ELEMENTARY0.4 mi · 199
- G.W.STOUT ELEMENTARY1.3 mi · 334
- SILVER SCHOLARS ACADEMY1.5 mi · 43
- SILVER HIGH1.7 mi · 618
- LA PLATA MIDDLE1.8 mi · 259
Frequently asked questions
About ALDO LEOPOLD CHARTERHow large is ALDO LEOPOLD CHARTER?
ALDO LEOPOLD CHARTER enrolls approximately 201 students in grades 06-12.
What grades does ALDO LEOPOLD CHARTER serve?
ALDO LEOPOLD CHARTER serves grades 06-12.
What is the student-teacher ratio at ALDO LEOPOLD CHARTER?
The student-to-teacher ratio at ALDO LEOPOLD CHARTER is approximately 9.7:1 (21 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at ALDO LEOPOLD CHARTER?
At ALDO LEOPOLD CHARTER, the student body is approximately 51% White, 38% Hispanic, 1% Black, 1% Asian, 8% Two or more.
Is ALDO LEOPOLD CHARTER public or private?
ALDO LEOPOLD CHARTER is a public K-12 school operated as a charter, overseen by ALDO LEOPOLD CHARTER.
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