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Bloomfield, New Mexico - 7 schools
An equity score of 40/100 ranks Bloomfield Schools #63 of 98 districts in New Mexico (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $12,945 per pupil, Bloomfield Schools ranks #99 of 141 New Mexico districts by per-pupil spending (New Mexico districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
2,584
Total Enrollment
7
Schools
$12,945
Per-Pupil Spending
Elementary, High
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Bloomfield Schools operates 7 public schools serving 2,584 students, placing it among the smallest districts in New Mexico. The school portfolio breaks down into 3 elementary, 2 high, 1 middle, 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 San Juan County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $12,945 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, in the lower 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 25.5% local, 60.1% state, and 14.5% federal, a state-revenue-heavy mix that insulates the district somewhat from local property-tax volatility, though it ties funding to state budget cycles. The district's equity score is 40/100, ranked #63 of 98 in New Mexico against a state average of 50, notably less even than the typical district in the state for how evenly funding reaches its schools.
Academic infrastructure includes 1 of 7 schools offering Advanced Placement (12 AP courses district-wide), a 764:1 student-counselor ratio, above both the ASCA benchmark and the roughly 408:1 national average, and 53.5% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 31.6% Hispanic or Latino, 25.9% White, 0.8% African American across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Naaba Ani Elementary, with a diversity index of 69.8/100.
Its largest campus is Bloomfield High, enrolling 764 students (32% of the district's total enrollment). Its smallest is Charlie Y. Brown Alt, at 95 students, a 8x enrollment spread across the district's campuses.
Bloomfield High accounts for 29.6% of all Bloomfield Schools student enrollment
That dominant concentration means Bloomfield Schools-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the dominant entity. Grade band: high. 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.
Bloomfield Schools school enrollment varies 8.0× across entities
Bloomfield Schools school enrollment ranges from 95 students (lowest) to 764 students (highest), a spread of 669 students. That spread reflects typical mixed-portfolio variation between specialty programs and large neighbourhood schools. Per-school staffing ratios, programme availability, and capital-renovation cycles often diverge inside the same district based on enrollment shape.
Bloomfield Schools has higher-than-average Title I eligibility — 100.0% of the population qualifies for free or reduced-price lunch
free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is the federal threshold for Title I funding allocations, established under the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA, 2015). Eligibility here is a supermajority of the population — well past the 75% concentration-grant threshold that unlocks extra funding on top of the basic Title I formula. Regions with eligibility this high typically draw a substantially larger federal funding share relative to their local tax base, which can either offset or reinforce existing gaps depending on allocation policy.
Bloomfield Schools student-counselor ratio is 764:1 — well above typical (typically associated with unusually large scale or acute resource constraints)
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 above typical often signal acute resource constraints or a structurally different scale than most peers — worth reading alongside the underlying counts, not the ratio alone.
Bloomfield Schools chronic absenteeism rate is 53.5% — well above typical (typically associated with unusually large scale or acute resource constraints)
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 Values this far above typical often signal acute resource constraints or a structurally different scale than most peers — worth reading alongside the underlying counts, not the ratio alone.