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Los Alamos Public Schools is located in north New Mexico. Los Alamos Public Schools has 109.17 square miles of land area and 0.09 square miles of water area. As of 2010-2014, the total Los Alamos Public Schools population is 17,974. Los Alamos Public Schools median household income is $105,989 in 2010-2014. Los Alamos Public Schools median house value is $280,700 in 2010-2014. On average, Los Alamos Public Schools is much better than the state average in quality.

Ranking:	High School: (1 out of 85, top 1%) Elementary/Middle School: (1 out of 87, top 1%)* Rank: #2
Type:	Regular Local School District
Grade:	Prekindergarten to Grade 12
Number of Schools:	7
Population	17,974 (2010-2014), rank #24
Population Growth	-2.48% since 2005-2009, see rank
Population Density:	164.51/sq mi, rank #3
Median Household Income:	$105,989 at 2010-2014—5.54% increase since 2005-2009, rank #1
Median House Price:	$280,700 at 2010-2014—-2.50% increase since 2005-2009, rank #2
Time Zone:	Mountain GMT -7:00 with Daylight Saving in the Summer
Land Area:	109.17 sq mi, rank #89
Water Area:	0.09 sq mi (0.08%), rank #77
State:	New Mexico
County:	Los Alamos County
City:	Los Alamos, White Rock
Zip:	87544
Area:	Los Alamos, NM

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Los Alamos Public Schools Map, Border, and Nearby Locations

751 Trinity Dr

Los Alamos NM, 87544, Los Alamos County

Phone: 505-663-2222

Students and Teachers

	2013-2014	2012-2013	2011-2012	2010-2011	2009-2010	2008-2009	2007-2008
Total Students:	3,525	3,534	3,525	3,455	3,405	3,387	3,470
English Language Learner Students:	102	128	138	132	179	NA	120
Total Teachers:	257.18	256.35	249.28	247.08	251.47	262.70	261.50
Prekindergarten:	3.42	3.80	3.55	4.00	4.20	4.50	4.70
Kindergarten:	10.00	12.00	13.00	16.00	14.00	13.00	14.00
Elementary:	99.60	97.03	91.10	84.07	88.19	122.10	163.10
Secondary:	90.05	89.50	89.09	88.56	91.36	62.60	78.40
Ungraded:	54.11	54.02	52.54	54.45	53.72	60.50	1.30
Total Other Staff:	403.66	383.94	349.27	370.84	368.59	419.40	374.80
Instructional Aides:	109.51	105.50	99.40	91.00	95.60	104.60	103.10
Instructional Coordinators & Supervisors:	4.50	7.50	6.30	7.50	8.50	8.20	7.00
Total Guidance Counselors:	10.00	9.00	11.00	10.00	10.00	10.00	10.00
Elementary Guidance Counselors:	5.00	4.00	5.00	4.00	4.00	5.00	5.00
Secondary Guidance Counselors:	5.00	5.00	6.00	6.00	5.00	4.00	4.00
Other Guidance Counselors:	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	1.00	1.00	NA
Librarians/Media Specialists:	6.00	6.00	6.00	7.50	7.50	7.50	7.50
Library/Media Support:	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
District Administrators:	21.00	19.00	18.00	18.00	20.00	19.40	21.00
District Administrative Support:	1.00	1.00	1.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
School Administrators:	11.00	11.00	10.00	10.00	10.00	10.00	10.00
School Administrative Support:	54.46	57.80	57.80	58.40	64.00	63.60	66.40
Student Support Services:	124.15	103.21	78.44	94.74	72.49	104.20	64.30
Other Support Services:	62.04	63.93	61.33	73.70	80.50	91.90	85.50
Student-Teacher Ratio:	13.71	13.79	14.14	13.98	13.54	12.89	13.27

Schools

Aspen Elementary	Kindergarten to Grade 8	2182 33rd St, Los Alamos NM 87544
Barranca Mesa Elementary	Prekindergarten to Grade 6	57 Loma Del Escolar, Los Alamos NM 87544
Chamisa Elementary	Kindergarten to Grade 6	301 Meadow Ln, Los Alamos NM 87544
Los Alamos High	Grade 9 to Grade 12	1300 Diamond Dr, Los Alamos NM 87544
Los Alamos Middle	Grade 7 to Grade 8	1 Hawk Dr, Los Alamos NM 87544
Mountain Elementary	Kindergarten to Grade 6	2280 North Rd, Los Alamos NM 87544
Pinon Elementary	Prekindergarten to Grade 6	90 Grand Canyon Dr, Los Alamos NM 87544

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	State Average
SBA Test
2012	Math	10th Grade	% met std	64.8%	29%
2013	Math	10th Grade	% met std	66.1%	30.2%
2012	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	64.8%	34.4%
2013	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	71.7%	41.0%
2005	Math	11th Grade	% met std	78.5%	30.3%
2006	Math	11th Grade	% met std	73.3%	30.5%
2007	Math	11th Grade	% met std	70.3%	31.2%
2008	Math	11th Grade	% met std	69.8%	33.6%
2009	Math	11th Grade	% met std	64%	33.9%
2010	Math	11th Grade	% met std	78.7%	36.6%
2011	Math	11th Grade	% met std	73.9%	38%
2012	Math	11th Grade	% met std	82.6%	38.9%
2013	Math	11th Grade	% met std	73.6%	42.0%
2005	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	90.3%	56.9%
2006	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	84.3%	58%
2007	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	76%	47.3%
2008	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	73.6%	49.8%
2009	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	75.9%	50.6%
2010	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	83.9%	54.8%
2011	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	79%	47.8%
2012	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	78.5%	45.3%
2013	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	82.4%	55.5%
2008	Science	11th Grade	% met std	69.8%	33.9%
2009	Science	11th Grade	% met std	64.8%	32.5%
2010	Science	11th Grade	% met std	77.2%	33.5%
2011	Science	11th Grade	% met std	80.3%	38.7%
2013	Science	11th Grade	% met std	81.9%	39.9%
2008	Social Studies	11th Grade	% met std	71.3%	37.4%
2009	Social Studies	11th Grade	% met std	66.9%	38.1%
2010	Social Studies	11th Grade	% met std	77.6%	40.1%
2011	Social Studies	11th Grade	% met std	82.2%	46.7%
2005	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	70.7%	43.3%
2006	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	75.6%	45.1%
2007	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	70.8%	43.6%
2008	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	74.2%	43.9%
2009	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	82.4%	54.1%
2010	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	86.1%	58.2%
2011	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	83.3%	51.5%
2012	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	81.2%	52.7%
2013	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	75.9%	51.0%
2005	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	85.7%	55%
2006	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	81.5%	54.5%
2007	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	77%	54.1%
2008	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	87.9%	58.2%
2009	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	85.8%	61%
2010	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	85.2%	57.4%
2011	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	79.8%	52.9%
2012	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	79.5%	52.4%
2013	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	81.7%	55.2%
2005	Science	3rd Grade	% met std	96.5%	76.7%
2006	Science	3rd Grade	% met std	94.5%	78.7%
2007	Science	3rd Grade	% met std	93.8%	79%
2008	Science	3rd Grade	% met std	97.6%	79.6%
2009	Science	3rd Grade	% met std	97.8%	82%
2010	Science	3rd Grade	% met std	98.7%	82.9%
2005	Math	4th Grade	% met std	72.7%	39.2%
2006	Math	4th Grade	% met std	63.4%	41.1%
2007	Math	4th Grade	% met std	74.1%	45.8%
2008	Math	4th Grade	% met std	63.6%	39%
2009	Math	4th Grade	% met std	68.6%	42%
2010	Math	4th Grade	% met std	74.4%	45.4%
2011	Math	4th Grade	% met std	78.3%	44.4%
2012	Math	4th Grade	% met std	79.6%	44%
2013	Math	4th Grade	% met std	80.3%	45.4%
2005	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	85.4%	51.8%
2006	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	79.5%	53.9%
2007	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	81.4%	54.7%
2008	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	78.7%	50.8%
2009	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	80.4%	51.8%
2010	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	76.7%	51.4%
2011	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	80.1%	46.5%
2012	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	77.8%	49.9%
2013	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	75.1%	45.7%
2005	Science	4th Grade	% met std	86.7%	51.8%
2006	Science	4th Grade	% met std	86.4%	54.8%
2007	Science	4th Grade	% met std	84.5%	55.5%
2008	Science	4th Grade	% met std	82.5%	50.8%
2009	Science	4th Grade	% met std	90.2%	51.9%
2010	Science	4th Grade	% met std	82.6%	50.4%
2011	Science	4th Grade	% met std	84.3%	46.7%
2013	Science	4th Grade	% met std	84.0%	53.0%
2005	Math	5th Grade	% met std	63.4%	26.9%
2006	Math	5th Grade	% met std	68.3%	34.3%
2007	Math	5th Grade	% met std	63.5%	36.4%
2008	Math	5th Grade	% met std	70.5%	40.5%
2009	Math	5th Grade	% met std	71.4%	43.5%
2010	Math	5th Grade	% met std	72.6%	45.3%
2011	Math	5th Grade	% met std	76.5%	41.9%
2012	Math	5th Grade	% met std	72.3%	43.5%
2013	Math	5th Grade	% met std	76.3%	43.1%
2005	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	84.1%	56.9%
2006	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	84.7%	57.2%
2007	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	82.1%	59.3%
2008	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	85.1%	56%
2009	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	77.2%	58.2%
2010	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	86.4%	59.1%
2011	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	83.3%	51.9%
2012	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	81.1%	55%
2013	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	80.1%	51.2%
2005	Science	5th Grade	% met std	74.5%	40.5%
2006	Science	5th Grade	% met std	84%	42.4%
2007	Science	5th Grade	% met std	73.7%	44.1%
2008	Science	5th Grade	% met std	82.6%	46.9%
2009	Science	5th Grade	% met std	86.6%	52.2%
2010	Science	5th Grade	% met std	88%	52.2%
2005	Math	6th Grade	% met std	65.6%	21.5%
2006	Math	6th Grade	% met std	60.4%	23.7%
2007	Math	6th Grade	% met std	74.2%	26.7%
2008	Math	6th Grade	% met std	55.2%	28.1%
2009	Math	6th Grade	% met std	73.1%	33.9%
2010	Math	6th Grade	% met std	66.5%	34.6%
2011	Math	6th Grade	% met std	77.1%	36.7%
2012	Math	6th Grade	% met std	76.5%	37.1%
2013	Math	6th Grade	% met std	77.4%	39.6%
2005	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	78.8%	40.9%
2006	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	75%	40.4%
2007	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	74.2%	37.2%
2008	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	73.6%	42.9%
2009	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	69.1%	44.1%
2010	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	70.6%	39.6%
2011	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	86%	47.8%
2012	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	83.8%	48.3%
2013	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	76.3%	46.8%
2005	Science	6th Grade	% met std	77.2%	30%
2006	Science	6th Grade	% met std	69.6%	29.8%
2007	Science	6th Grade	% met std	80.7%	33.8%
2008	Science	6th Grade	% met std	67.9%	30.7%
2009	Science	6th Grade	% met std	79.1%	34.2%
2010	Science	6th Grade	% met std	69.6%	30.3%
2005	Math	7th Grade	% met std	57%	20.1%
2006	Math	7th Grade	% met std	59.7%	23.3%
2007	Math	7th Grade	% met std	55.2%	25%
2008	Math	7th Grade	% met std	69.1%	29.3%
2009	Math	7th Grade	% met std	63.6%	31.7%
2010	Math	7th Grade	% met std	68.4%	33.6%
2011	Math	7th Grade	% met std	69.7%	37.6%
2012	Math	7th Grade	% met std	76%	41.7%
2013	Math	7th Grade	% met std	74.6%	41.2%
2005	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	81.5%	49.9%
2006	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	76.7%	50.4%
2007	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	75.5%	50.1%
2008	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	70.5%	50.4%
2009	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	78%	52.8%
2010	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	83.4%	49.6%
2011	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	75.4%	47.6%
2012	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	84.6%	50.2%
2013	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	80.8%	49.8%
2005	Science	7th Grade	% met std	67.4%	26.4%
2006	Science	7th Grade	% met std	62.5%	25.8%
2007	Science	7th Grade	% met std	60.5%	29.9%
2008	Science	7th Grade	% met std	70.9%	33.1%
2009	Science	7th Grade	% met std	66.1%	35.9%
2010	Science	7th Grade	% met std	79.1%	39.7%
2011	Science	7th Grade	% met std	74.3%	39.7%
2013	Science	7th Grade	% met std	77.7%	42.1%
2005	Math	8th Grade	% met std	57.5%	23.9%
2006	Math	8th Grade	% met std	53.9%	26.3%
2007	Math	8th Grade	% met std	70.1%	30%
2008	Math	8th Grade	% met std	68.5%	36.6%
2009	Math	8th Grade	% met std	80.3%	42.4%
2010	Math	8th Grade	% met std	67.9%	39.2%
2011	Math	8th Grade	% met std	71.7%	40.8%
2012	Math	8th Grade	% met std	69.7%	41.7%
2013	Math	8th Grade	% met std	71.9%	42.2%
2005	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	79.4%	51.6%
2006	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	78.6%	50.9%
2007	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	89.6%	55.8%
2008	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	76.9%	63.5%
2009	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	90%	62.1%
2010	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	84.1%	60.5%
2011	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	81.5%	53.3%
2012	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	81.9%	54.3%
2013	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	91.2%	60.2%
2005	Science	8th Grade	% met std	63.6%	24.6%
2006	Science	8th Grade	% met std	57.5%	23.5%
2007	Science	8th Grade	% met std	71.5%	23.3%
2008	Science	8th Grade	% met std	61.5%	25.7%
2009	Science	8th Grade	% met std	72.4%	27.4%
2010	Science	8th Grade	% met std	66.8%	28.9%
2005	Math	9th Grade	% met std	79.1%	34.2%
2006	Math	9th Grade	% met std	74.4%	32.9%
2007	Math	9th Grade	% met std	71.6%	36.6%
2005	Reading	9th Grade	% met std	75%	42.9%
2006	Reading	9th Grade	% met std	73.5%	43.4%
2007	Reading	9th Grade	% met std	74.3%	43.9%
2005	Science	9th Grade	% met std	79.5%	36.4%
2006	Science	9th Grade	% met std	74.1%	35.6%
2007	Science	9th Grade	% met std	76.7%	38.3%

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School District Fiscal Information

	2012			2011			2010
	Amount	Per Student	%	Amount	Per Student	%	Amount	Per Student	%
Total Revenue:	$46,569,000	$13,211		$44,911,000	$12,999		$45,385,000	$13,329
Federal:	$10,128,000	$2,873	21.7%	$10,380,000	$3,004	23.1%	$11,591,000	$3,404	25.5%
State:	$25,100,000	$7,121	53.9%	$24,546,000	$7,104	54.7%	$23,898,000	$7,019	52.7%
Local:	$11,341,000	$3,217	24.4%	$9,985,000	$2,890	22.2%	$9,896,000	$2,906	21.8%
Total Expenditures:	$54,556,000	$15,477		$50,669,000	$14,665		$43,864,000	$12,882
Total Current Expenditures:	$34,998,000	$9,929		$35,512,000	$10,278		$37,001,000	$10,867
Instructional Expenditures:	$20,626,000	$5,851	58.9%	$21,145,000	$6,120	59.5%	$21,233,000	$6,236	57.4%
Student and Staff Support:	$4,902,000	$1,391	14.0%	$5,016,000	$1,452	14.1%	$5,782,000	$1,698	15.6%
Administration:	$4,151,000	$1,178	11.9%	$4,228,000	$1,224	11.9%	$4,436,000	$1,303	12.0%
Operations, Food, Other:	$5,319,000	$1,509	15.2%	$5,123,000	$1,483	14.4%	$5,550,000	$1,630	15.0%
Total Capital Outlay:	$18,476,000	$5,241		$14,042,000	$4,064		$6,078,000	$1,785
Construction:	$12,638,000	$3,585		$10,385,000	$3,006		$3,183,000	$935
Total Other:	$130,000	$37		$134,000	$39		$169,000	$50
Interest on Debt:	$951,000	$270		$792,000	$229		$611,000	$179

Total Salary:	$22,851,000	$6,483		$23,043,000	$6,669		$24,436,000	$7,177
Instruction/Teacher Salary:	$14,779,000	$4,193	64.7%	$14,699,000	$4,254	63.8%	$15,413,000	$4,527	63.1%
Other Salary:	$8,072,000	$2,290	35.3%	$8,344,000	$2,415	36.2%	$9,023,000	$2,650	36.9%
Total Benefit:	$6,524,000	$1,851		$6,735,000	$1,949		$7,138,000	$2,096
Instruction/Teacher Benefit:	$4,283,000	$1,215	65.6%	$4,338,000	$1,256	64.4%	$4,397,000	$1,291	61.6%
Other Benefit:	$2,241,000	$636	34.4%	$2,397,000	$694	35.6%	$2,741,000	$805	38.4%

* Los Alamos Public Schools was rated 5 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.