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Los Alamos High School

Serves grades 10 - 12

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Raw data sources:
  • Test Scores: Edfacts (U.S. Department of Education), State departments of education.
  • Expenditures: National Center for Education Statistics.
  • Educational Environment: American Community Survey (U.S. Census Bureau).
Date(s) & Update Frequency:
  • Test data: Reflects 2022 – 2023 school year.
  • Expenditures: 2021
  • Educational Environment: 2022 (latest available). Updated annually.
  • All data updated July 2024

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School Overview

Address
1300 Diamond Dr
Los Alamos, NM 87544
Phone
(505) 663-2210
District
LOS ALAMOS PUBLIC SCHOOLS
County
LOS ALAMOS COUNTY
Type of School
Regular elementary or secondary
Magnet School
No
Charter School
No
Students Enrolled
860
Classroom Teachers
59

School Quality Ratings

School Quality Compared to New Mexico

10

(10 is best)

Better than 97.5% of all NM schools.

School Quality Compared to U.S.

9

(10 is best)

Los Alamos High School Test Scores (No Child Left Behind Tests)

Grade 10

80 60 40 20 0
65%
28%
53%
21%
76%
34%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Class Size (number of students per classroom teacher)

17.5 15 12.5 10 7.5 5 2.5 0
15
13
15
16
    AVG FOR THIS SCHOOL
    AVG FOR DISTRICT
    AVG FOR STATE
    AVG FOR NATION
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT BY GRADE NUMBER OF STUDENTS PERCENTAGE
Grade 10 305 35.5%
Grade 11 264 30.7%
Grade 12 291 33.8%
Total 860 100%

School enrollment by group

Ethnic/Racial Groups This School This District This State
White (non-hispanic) 57.0% 56.3% 21.0%
Black 1.3% 1.2% 1.8%
Hispanic 34.3% 36.1% 63.5%
Asian Or Pacific Islander 5.3% 4.4% 1.3%
American Indian Or Native Of Alaska 2.2% 2.0% 12.5%
Economic Groups This School This District This State
Economically disadvantaged 11.2% 13.2% 74.3%
Free lunch eligible 10.1% 12.0% 73.1%
Reduced lunch eligible 1.0% 1.2% 1.2%
POPULATION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
POPULATION 19,253 2,113,344
POPULATION DENSITY (per sq. mile) 175.2 17
POPULATION DISTRIBUTION BY AGE DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
4 YEARS OLD AND BELOW 4.8% 5.5%
5-19 YEARS OLD 18.7% 19.7%
20-44 YEARS OLD 31.3% 32.6%
45-64 YEARS OLD 27.4% 24.0%
65 OR OLDER 17.8% 18.1%
HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
Number Of Households 8,149 812,852
Single Parent Households With Children 4.6% 10.0%
Adults With At Least A High School Diploma 97.9% 87.1%
Adults With At Least A Bachelor's Degree 69.7% 29.1%
HOUSEHOLD INCOME DISTRIBUTION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
$150,000 or more 44.2% 12.7%
$100,000 - $149,999 24.6% 14.6%
$75,000 - $99,999 9.9% 12.1%
$50,000 - $74,999 8.1% 17.3%
$30,000 - $49,999 5.7% 16.7%
$15,000 - $29,999 4.3% 14.3%
$15,000 or less 3.1% 12.3%

Education Expenditures

For this District Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $7,398 $27,552,000 53.1%
Support Expenditures
Student $1,288 $4,795,000 9.2%
Staff $414 $1,540,000 3.0%
General Administration $248 $923,000 1.8%
School Administration $581 $2,164,000 4.2%
Operation $1,063 $3,957,000 7.6%
Transportation $204 $761,000 1.5%
Other $471 $1,753,000 3.4%
Total Support $4,268 $15,893,000 30.6%
Non-instructional Expenditures $2,278 $8,484,000 16.3%
Total Expenditures $13,944 $51,929,000 100.0%
For the State Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $6,912 $2,222,874,000 49.5%
Support Expenditures
Student $1,276 $410,334,000 9.1%
Staff $271 $87,206,000 1.9%
General Administration $289 $92,853,000 2.1%
School Administration $665 $213,784,000 4.8%
Operation $1,249 $401,552,000 8.9%
Transportation $327 $105,132,000 2.3%
Other $448 $144,040,000 3.2%
Total Support $4,524 $1,454,901,000 32.4%
Non-instructional Expenditures $2,532 $814,319,000 18.1%
Total Expenditures $13,968 $4,492,094,000 100.0%
For the Nation Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $8,505 $421,432,149,000 50.1%
Support Expenditures
Student $912 $45,189,184,320 5.4%
Staff $715 $35,442,027,000 4.2%
General Administration $282 $13,997,625,000 1.7%
School Administration $800 $39,661,338,000 4.7%
Operation $1,302 $64,530,934,000 7.7%
Transportation $501 $24,826,324,680 3.0%
Other $567 $28,090,428,000 3.3%
Total Support $5,081 $251,737,861,000 29.9%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,383 $167,614,653,000 19.9%
Total Expenditures $16,969 $840,784,663,000 100.0%

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