Regular local school district · Los Alamos County
Los Alamos County Public Schools, NM: schools, enrollment and spending
Los Alamos County Public Schools runs 7 public schools with 3,667 students in grades PK to 12. Its ratio of 12.5 students per teacher is 0.7 lower than the New Mexico figure of 13.2.Listed in NCES data as "LOS ALAMOS".
At a glance
- Schools
- 7
- Students
- 3,667
- Teachers (FTE)
- 293
- Students per teacher
- 12.5
- NM: 13.2 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 2075 Trinity Drive, Los Alamos, NM 87544
- Phone
- (505)663-2230
- County
- Los Alamos County
- Locale
- Town: Distant
- Grades offered
- PK to 12
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 3501650
- State district ID
- NM-35041000
- Total staff (FTE)
- 459
- School counselors (FTE)
- 5.0About 733 students per counselor.
- School administrators (FTE)
- 10.0
Students per teacher compared
This district12.5
New Mexico13.2
United States15.3
2020 finance data
From the F-33 School District Finance Survey for fiscal year 2020, in nominal dollars. Enrollment used for per-pupil figures is the finance survey count (3,539), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $56.4 million
- Federal revenue
- $10.2 million
- State revenue
- $35.7 million
- Local revenue
- $10.5 million
- Total spending
- $51.9 million
- Spending per pupil
- $14,673
- Salaries
- $29.1 million56.0% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $37.4 million
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 18.0%
- State: 63.3%
- Local: 18.7%
New Mexico overall
- Federal: 13.2%
- State: 70.6%
- Local: 16.2%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$14,673
New Mexico$14,192
United States$16,826
Schools in Los Alamos County Public Schools
By level: 1 high, 1 middle, 5 elementary. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| Aspen Elementary | Elementary | PK to 6 | 428 | 11.6 |
| Barranca Mesa Elementary | Elementary | PK to 6 | 429 | 11.6 |
| Chamisa Elementary | Elementary | PK to 6 | 301 | 11.6 |
| Los Alamos High | High | 9 to 12 | 1,181 | 14.6 |
| Los Alamos Middle | Middle | 7 to 8 | 543 | 11.1 |
| Mountain Elementary | Elementary | PK to 6 | 435 | 12.4 |
| Pinon Elementary | Elementary | PK to 6 | 350 | 14.6 |
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Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 and F-33 finance 2020, via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. Last reviewed October 2026. Finance figures are 2020 finance data in nominal dollars, not adjusted for inflation. Blank values are not available, not applicable or suppressed in the source. See the methodology.