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Silver City, New Mexico - 1 schools
At $15,953 per pupil, Aldo Leopold Charter ranks #63 of 141 New Mexico districts by per-pupil spending (New Mexico districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
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Total Enrollment
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$15,953
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District-Level NCES Analysis
Aldo Leopold Charter operates 1 public schools serving 182 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 Grant County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $15,953 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, in the upper half of 141 New Mexico districts by per-pupil spending. See how New Mexico compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 7.3% local, 78.8% state, and 13.9% federal, a state-revenue-heavy mix that insulates the district somewhat from local property-tax volatility, though it ties funding to state budget cycles.
Academic infrastructure includes 1 of 1 schools offering Advanced Placement (4 AP courses district-wide), a 201:1 student-counselor ratio, that meets the ASCA-recommended benchmark, and 37.8% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 51.2% White, 37.8% Hispanic or Latino, 1.0% Asian across the district's schools.
Its largest campus is Aldo Leopold Charter, enrolling 201 students (100% of the district's total enrollment).
Aldo Leopold Charter accounts for 100.0% of all Aldo Leopold Charter student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Aldo Leopold Charter a distant remainder — means Aldo Leopold Charter-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the dominant entity. Grade band: combined. A single dominant campus often anchors a district's program offerings and staffing patterns; the share helps explain why district-wide averages may not reflect the typical neighbourhood-school experience. When one entity dominates a region's footprint, its programmatic and budget decisions effectively set policy for a majority of the affected population.
Aldo Leopold Charter student-counselor ratio is 201:1 — low (typically associated with meeting or exceeding the American School Counselor Association (ASCA) recommended 250:1 benchmark, which correlates with stronger college and career counseling capacity)
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 Lower values often correlate with smaller scale and population characteristics rather than higher resource budgets per se.
Aldo Leopold Charter chronic absenteeism rate is 37.8% — high (typically associated with higher-than-average disruption; recent CRDC data showed elevated rates persisting after pandemic-era schooling changes)
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 Higher values may reflect larger urban scale or recent resource constraints that have widened the gap.
Aldo Leopold Charter has 1 school, including 1 combined. Total enrollment is 182 students.
How much does Aldo Leopold Charter spend per student?
Aldo Leopold Charter spends $15,953 per student.
What is the demographic composition of Aldo Leopold Charter?
Aldo Leopold Charter students are 51.2% White, 37.8% Hispanic or Latino, 1.0% Asian, 0.5% African American, averaged across 1 school. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.