Enrollment
301
Elementary
DISTRICT 389 · STATE 287
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LOS ALAMOS·NCES 350165000429
CHAMISA ELEMENTARY
301 MEADOW LN, WHITE ROCK, NM 87547 · (505) 663-2470 · Los Alamos County
GRADES PK–06ELEMENTARY32-TOWNREGULAR SCHOOL301 STUDENTS
A
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 91% of New Mexico public elementary schools
- A+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats 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 elementary schools
Student : Teacher
11.4:1
27 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.2:1 · STATE 12.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
13%
40 students
DISTRICT 12% · STATE 90%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 28 | 9% |
| Kindergarten | 38 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 35 | 12% |
| Grade 2 | 37 | 12% |
| Grade 3 | 34 | 11% |
| Grade 4 | 48 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 44 | 15% |
| Grade 6 | 37 | 12% |
This year's kindergarten class (38) is about the same size as its 6th grade class (37).
Student demographics
58%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 59% · 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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
CHAMISA ELEMENTARY→LOS ALAMOS MIDDLE
Based on grade levels within LOS ALAMOS. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
NM-MSSA + NM-ASR 2024-25 . % ProficientEnglish Language Arts
73.6%
NM avg 44.2%
Math
60.7%
NM avg 27.2%
What this means: On the NM-MSSA + NM-ASR, New Mexico's statewide test, about 74 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 61 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
67.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
54.3%
based on NM schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+12.9pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 67% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 54% 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 CHAMISA ELEMENTARY
CHAMISA ELEMENTARY's state test result (67.2% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| CHAMISA ELEMENTARY this school | 301 | 13.3% | 67.2% |
| NEW MEXICO INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL ALBUQUERQUE | 432 | 10.2% | 73.3% |
| MONTESSORI OF THE RIO GRANDE ALBUQUERQUE | 219 | 21.0% | 56.4% |
| ASPEN ELEMENTARY LOS ALAMOS | 428 | 17.1% | 60.6% |
| OCOTILLO ELEMENTARY CARLSBAD | 621 | 20.1% | 35.3% |
| J PAUL TAYLOR ACADEMY LAS CRUCES | 200 | 25.5% | 53.8% |
Matched among New Mexico elementary 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 CHAMISA ELEMENTARY ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New Mexico |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 67.2% | #11 of 329 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 60.7% | #16 of 354 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 73.6% | #18 of 366 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 301 | #233 of 490 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.4:1 | #77 of 318 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 58.3% | #75 of 334 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 13.3% | #388 of 393 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +11.1% | #24 of 57 |
Ranked against other public elementary 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
301
+58 (+24%) vs 2020
0% since 1990-91, when it was 302
Student : Teacher
11.4:1
was 11.6:1
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 | 301 | 26.5 | 11.4:1 | 13% (40) |
| 2023-24 | 302 | 28.2 | 10.7:1 | 12% (35) |
| 2022-23 | 321 | 25.7 | 12.5:1 | 13% (42) |
| 2020-21 | 243 | 21 | 11.6:1 | 10% (25) |
| 2017-18 | 271 | 19.9 | 13.6:1 | 17% (46) |
| 2015-16 | 279 | 21 | 13.3:1 | 17% (47) |
| 2010-11 | 225 | 20 | 11.3:1 | 0% (0) |
| 2000-01 | 296 | 21 | 14.1:1 | 0% (0) |
| 1990-91 | 302 | 22 | 13.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for CHAMISA ELEMENTARY.
Since 2017-18: students up 11% (271 to 301); teachers up 33% (19.9 to 26.5).
About CHAMISA ELEMENTARY
Federal records list CHAMISA ELEMENTARY as an elementary school in WHITE ROCK, New Mexico. It is open to students in pre-K through 6 and enrolls 301 students.
CHAMISA ELEMENTARY belongs to LOS ALAMOS, a district of 8 schools and 3,971 students.
Hispanic students account for 49% of enrollment at CHAMISA ELEMENTARY, more than any other group. Enrollment also includes 42% White, 4% Asian, and 4% Native American. Among people living in Los Alamos County, the Hispanic share is about 18%. The diversity index for CHAMISA ELEMENTARY is 58%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
The student-to-teacher ratio is 11.4:1. The school has 26.5 full-time-equivalent teachers. The gap from the 12.9:1 average for elementary schools in New Mexico is 1.5 students per teacher. In all, 13% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. The figure for public schools in Los Alamos County is close, at 12%.
Among New Mexico public elementary schools, CHAMISA ELEMENTARY outscored 91%, which works out to an A on the allk12 Grade.
On the allk12 BeatsExpectations measure, CHAMISA ELEMENTARY is 12.9 points above the average proficiency rate across its state test results predicted for its free or reduced-price lunch share: 67.2% actual, 54.3% predicted. That is outside both the top and bottom 10% in New Mexico.
For Los Alamos County, Census Bureau data show median household income comes to about $147,139, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 70%, and about 3% of people live in poverty. There are 8 public schools in the county, enrolling about 3,971, CHAMISA ELEMENTARY among them.
CHAMISA ELEMENTARY's nearest public school is PINON ELEMENTARY (about 0.9 miles). Inside a ten-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. Compared with its nearest neighbors, CHAMISA ELEMENTARY ranks 3rd of 6 on average proficiency.
Federal records code the school's setting as Town: Distant.
Over the 4 years from 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment increased 24%.
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Los Alamos County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
19,435
Census ACS
Median income
$147,139
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
70%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
3%
Below federal line
Schools in county
8
3,971 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in LOS ALAMOS
- LOS ALAMOS HIGHHigh · 1,181 students
- LOS ALAMOS MIDDLEMiddle · 543 students
- MOUNTAIN ELEMENTARYElementary · 435 students
- BARRANCA MESA ELEMENTARYElementary · 429 students
- ASPEN ELEMENTARYElementary · 428 students
- PINON ELEMENTARYElementary · 350 students
Nearby schools
- PINON ELEMENTARY0.9 mi · 350
- San Ildefonso Day School6.5 mi · 36
- BARRANCA MESA ELEMENTARY7.0 mi · 429
- LOS ALAMOS MIDDLE7.2 mi · 543
- LOS ALAMOS HIGH7.8 mi · 1,181
- TOPPER FRESHMAN ACADEMY7.8 mi · 304
Frequently asked questions
About CHAMISA ELEMENTARYWhat is the total enrollment at CHAMISA ELEMENTARY?
CHAMISA ELEMENTARY enrolls approximately 301 students in grades PK-06.
What grades does CHAMISA ELEMENTARY serve?
CHAMISA ELEMENTARY serves grades PK-06.
How many teachers does CHAMISA ELEMENTARY have?
CHAMISA ELEMENTARY employs 27 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 11.4:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at CHAMISA ELEMENTARY?
At CHAMISA ELEMENTARY, the student body is approximately 42% White, 49% Hispanic, 1% Black, 4% Asian, 1% Two or more.
What district is CHAMISA ELEMENTARY in?
CHAMISA ELEMENTARY is part of LOS ALAMOS.
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