At $42,488 per pupil, Abq Sign Language Academy ranks #3 of 143 New Mexico districts by per-pupil spending (New Mexico districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
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District-Level NCES Analysis
Abq Sign Language Academy operates 1 public schools serving 125 students, placing it among the smallest districts in New Mexico. The school portfolio breaks down into 1 combined schools, a small enough portfolio that most families will interact with nearly every campus in the district at some point. These enrollment and school figures come from the NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) 2024-25 release, and the district is based in Bernalillo County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $42,488 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, among the top 15 of 143 New Mexico districts by per-pupil spending. See how New Mexico compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 9.9% local, 71.4% state, and 18.7% federal, a state-revenue-heavy mix that insulates the district somewhat from local property-tax volatility, though it ties funding to state budget cycles.
a 53.3:1 student-counselor ratio, that meets the ASCA-recommended benchmark, and 13.8% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 60.6% Hispanic or Latino, 21.9% White, 3.8% African American across the district's schools.
Its largest campus is Abq Sign Language Academy, enrolling 160 students (100% of the district's total enrollment).
Enrollment across the district's NCES-reporting campuses grew 16.8% between 2022-23 and 2023-24 (125 to 146 students), while the student-teacher ratio widened by 0.7 students per teacher, per the NCES Common Core of Data annual universe files.
Of the district's $6,511,000 in reported FY2023 expenditures, 36.2% went to instruction, 42.9% to support services, and 12.5% to capital outlay, support-services-heavy relative to typical districts, reflecting spending on transportation, administration, or student services. Figures come from the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey's function-level breakdown, not the aggregate per-pupil figure above.
Abq Sign Language Academy accounts for 100.0% of all Abq Sign Language Academy student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Abq Sign Language Academy a distant remainder — means Abq Sign Language Academy-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the largest entity. Grade band: combined. The share measures enrollment concentration only; it does not establish how the district allocates programs, capital, or staff. Because it contains a majority of the affected population, enrollment-weighted aggregates will sit closer to this entity's reported fields than to those of smaller peers; an unweighted entity count answers a different question.
Abq Sign Language Academy 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.
Abq Sign Language Academy student-counselor ratio is 53:1 — well below typical (typically associated with unusually small scale or exceptionally high per-unit investment)
student-counselor ratio is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: the ratio counts FTE counselors against total enrollment, districts that contract intervention or social-emotional staff outside the counselor classification may be under-counted Values this far below typical often correlate with unusually small scale or population characteristics rather than higher resource budgets per se — worth checking whether the underlying denominator is itself an outlier.
Abq Sign Language Academy chronic absenteeism rate is 13.8% — low (typically associated with lower-than-average attendance disruption; districts in this range often have attendance interventions, robust transportation, or smaller catchments that reduce barriers)
chronic absenteeism rate is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: a student is chronically absent if they miss ≥10% of enrolled days for any reason, illness, family obligations, or disengagement Lower values often correlate with smaller scale and population characteristics rather than higher resource budgets per se.
How many schools are in Abq Sign Language Academy?
Abq Sign Language Academy has 1 school, including 1 combined. Total enrollment is 125 students.
How much does Abq Sign Language Academy spend per student?
Abq Sign Language Academy spends $42,488 per student.
What is the demographic composition of Abq Sign Language Academy?
Abq Sign Language Academy students are 60.6% Hispanic or Latino, 21.9% White, 3.8% African American, 3.1% Asian, averaged across 1 school. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.