NCES CCD 2024-25 18 schools NM

Best-Resourced Schools in Los Lunas, NM

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18 public K-12 schools in Los Lunas from NCES Common Core of Data: enrollment, grade span, demographics, and Civil Rights Data Collection statistics for every active campus.

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18
Schools
8,686
Students
36.3/100
Avg Resource Index
18.9:1
Avg Student-Teacher Ratio

National city placement

Lean reported-resource profile

According to NCES CCD 2024-25, Los Lunas has more public-school enrollment than 76% of the 4,487 US cities in this directory. Los Lunas's average Resource Investment Index falls in the lower portion of the 4,487-city comparison set. The index is a resource snapshot, not an academic grade: it reflects the federal staffing, counselor, gifted-program, and attendance fields available for local campuses. The most useful next step is to open the individual schools below and identify which component is pulling each score down, because the same city average can hide very different campus-level constraints.

Combined-grade campuses shape the local portfolio

13 of Los Lunas's 18 listed schools use NCES's combined or “other” grade-level classification. Citywide averages therefore blend campuses serving unusually broad or nonstandard grade spans with conventional elementary, middle, and high schools. Grade configuration is a first-order comparison here, not a minor label.

Economic need crosses separate district systems

100.0% of enrollment in reporting Los Lunas schools is eligible for free lunch, while the city list spans 3 districts. That pairing makes a citywide average especially easy to misread: the need measure follows students, but staffing decisions, calendars, program rules, and federal allocations are administered through separate district structures. The 54-point gap between Los Lunas Family School and Los Lunas Elementary shows how much reported resource capacity can vary inside the same municipal label. Compare schools within the same district first, then use the city view to see how those local systems differ.

City enrollment
Top 24%
School count
Top 17%
Resource Index average
30th percentile
Teacher staffing
20th percentile

Los Lunas High accounts for 16.8% of all Los Lunas public-school enrollment

That concentration means Los Lunas-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the largest entity. Grade level: High. The share measures enrollment concentration only; it does not establish how districts allocate programs, capital, or staff. Enrollment-weighted aggregates give this entity more weight than any smaller peer, while an unweighted entity average treats every record equally.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Los Lunas school enrollment varies 1460× across entities

Los Lunas school enrollment ranges from 1 students (lowest) to 1,460 students (highest), a spread of 1,459 students. That ratio is an extreme outlier spread — among the widest gaps observed anywhere in this dataset. Per-school staffing and program breadth can differ sharply at opposite ends of that enrollment range, so the city average should not be treated as a typical campus.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Los Lunas reports 100.0% free-lunch eligibility

The reported share is above 87.5%, so economic need is widespread across the measured student population. Title I operates under the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA, 2015), but its statutory allocation uses additional LEA-level counts and rules not represented by this average. This percentage is an economic-need context measure; it does not establish a Title I award, show dollars received, or describe how funds are distributed among campuses.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Los Lunas student-teacher ratio is 18.9:1 — high (typically associated with larger urban scale or staffing constraints that have widened the headcount gap)

student-teacher ratio is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: the ratio counts FTE classroom teachers against total enrollment, push-in specialists, English-language aides, special-education co-teachers, and counselors are not included in most reporting Higher values may reflect larger urban scale or recent resource constraints that have widened the gap.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data, Public School Universe

# School Score
1. Los Lunas Family School 78
2. Los Lunas Middle 46
3. Peralta Elementary 45
4. Bosque Farms Elementary 38
5. Ann Parish Elementary 37
6. Raymond Gabaldon Elementary 37
7. Tome Elementary 34
8. Los Lunas High 33
9. Desert View Elementary 33
10. Valencia Elementary 32
11. Valencia High 31
12. Sundance Elementary 31
13. Katherine Gallegos Elementary 31
14. School of Dreams Academy 31
15. Century Alt High 29
16. Valencia Middle School 27
17. Los Lunas Elementary 24
18. Central Nm Corrections -

Most racially and ethnically mixed schools in Los Lunas

Ranked by the Simpson student-body diversity index (0-100) from NCES race and ethnicity data, where higher means a more evenly mixed student body. It measures mix, not quality.

  1. 1 Bosque Farms Elementary 58.2/100
  2. 2 Sundance Elementary 47.9/100
  3. 3 Valencia Middle School 47.0/100
  4. 4 School of Dreams Academy 46.6/100
  5. 5 Los Lunas High 46.2/100

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Which Los Lunas school has the highest Resource Investment Index? ▼

Los Lunas Family School has the highest Resource Investment Index among the Los Lunas schools in this federal-data comparison at 78/100. The index summarizes reported staffing, counseling, gifted-program, and attendance inputs; it is not an academic rating.

How many schools are in Los Lunas, NM? ▼

Los Lunas has 18 public schools with a total enrollment of 8,686 students. 1 are charter schools. Average student-teacher ratio: 18.9:1.

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Data from NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) 2024-25 and Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC) 2021-22. The Resource Investment Index uses reported student-teacher ratio, counselor access, gifted programs, and attendance; it is not an academic rating. Cities must include at least five schools to be listed. This public-data comparison is for informational purposes: verify current enrollment, attendance boundaries, and programs with the school district before acting. See the guide to understanding NCES data.