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What's the one class at LOS ALAMOS MIDDLE every student should take?
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Enrollment
543
Middle
DISTRICT 496 · STATE 335
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LOS ALAMOS·NCES 350165000430
LOS ALAMOS MIDDLE
2101 HAWK DR, LOS ALAMOS, NM 87544 · (505) 663-2375 · Los Alamos County
GRADES 07–08MIDDLE32-TOWNREGULAR SCHOOL543 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
11.0:1
49 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.0:1 · STATE 12.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
14%
74 students
DISTRICT 12% · STATE 90%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade
Student demographics
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
School pathway
Feeds from
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
77.1%
NM avg 44.2%
Math
61.2%
NM avg 27.2%
What this means: On the NM-MSSA + NM-ASR, New Mexico's statewide test, about 77 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
69.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
54.2%
based on NM schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+15.2pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 69% 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 →
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
543
-90 (-14%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
11.0:1
was 14.1:1
% White
51%
was 58%
% Hispanic
38%
was 32%
% Black
2%
was 2%
% Asian
6%
was 3%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About LOS ALAMOS MIDDLE
LOS ALAMOS MIDDLE is a big middle school in LOS ALAMOS, New Mexico, overseen by LOS ALAMOS. The school enrolls 543 students in grades 7 through 8. Enrollment runs roughly 62% larger than the state mean of about 335.
Within LOS ALAMOS, which oversees 8 schools and 3,971 students, LOS ALAMOS MIDDLE is one campus in the system.
Demographically, LOS ALAMOS MIDDLE logs that 51% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Beyond that, the school reports 38% Hispanic, 6% Asian, 2% Black. That is noticeably less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 75%.
Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 49 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 11.0:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 12.5:1, putting LOS ALAMOS MIDDLE tighter than the state norm the norm. About 14% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.
On a demographically-adjusted basis, LOS ALAMOS MIDDLE sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 54.2%; this one delivers 69.4%.
Zooming out to the county, Los Alamos County reports that median household income runs about $147,139, roughly 70% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 3% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Los Alamos County's 8 public schools (combined enrollment of about 3,971 students), LOS ALAMOS MIDDLE is one campus in the mix.
Nearest neighbor: ASPEN ELEMENTARY, around 0.8 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 5 other public schools cluster around LOS ALAMOS MIDDLE. On composite proficiency, LOS ALAMOS MIDDLE comes 2nd of 6 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 67.0%.
Geographically, the school is in a town-center area.
Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count fell 14%: 633 students in 2018 compared to 543 in 2025. The White share of enrollment contracted from 58% to 51% over that span. Class-load math has fell: from 14.1:1 in 2018 to 11.0:1 in 2025.
On allk12, members of the LOS ALAMOS MIDDLE community share and discuss science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
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
- MOUNTAIN ELEMENTARYElementary · 435 students
- BARRANCA MESA ELEMENTARYElementary · 429 students
- ASPEN ELEMENTARYElementary · 428 students
- PINON ELEMENTARYElementary · 350 students
- TOPPER FRESHMAN ACADEMYCombined · 304 students
Other schools in LOS ALAMOS
- LOS ALAMOS HIGHHigh · 1,181 students
- MOUNTAIN ELEMENTARYElementary · 435 students
- BARRANCA MESA ELEMENTARYElementary · 429 students
- ASPEN ELEMENTARYElementary · 428 students
- TOPPER FRESHMAN ACADEMYCombined · 304 students
Nearby schools
- ASPEN ELEMENTARY0.8 mi · 428
- BARRANCA MESA ELEMENTARY1.0 mi · 429
- TOPPER FRESHMAN ACADEMY1.2 mi · 304
- LOS ALAMOS HIGH1.2 mi · 1,181
- MOUNTAIN ELEMENTARY1.5 mi · 435
- PINON ELEMENTARY6.8 mi · 350
Frequently asked questions
About LOS ALAMOS MIDDLEHow many students attend LOS ALAMOS MIDDLE?
LOS ALAMOS MIDDLE enrolls approximately 543 students in grades 07-08.
What age range does LOS ALAMOS MIDDLE serve?
LOS ALAMOS MIDDLE serves students from grade 07 through grade 08.
How many teachers does LOS ALAMOS MIDDLE have?
LOS ALAMOS MIDDLE employs 49 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 11.0:1.
How diverse is LOS ALAMOS MIDDLE?
LOS ALAMOS MIDDLE reports a student body of 51% White, 38% Hispanic, 2% Black, 6% Asian, 1% Two or more.
What district is LOS ALAMOS MIDDLE in?
LOS ALAMOS MIDDLE is part of LOS ALAMOS.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.