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Gallup, New Mexico - 31 schools
An equity score of 64/100 ranks Gallup-Mckinley Cty Schools #23 of 98 districts in New Mexico (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $16,054 per pupil, Gallup-Mckinley Cty Schools ranks #62 of 141 New Mexico districts by per-pupil spending (New Mexico districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
12,224
Total Enrollment
31
Schools
$16,054
Per-Pupil Spending
Combined, High
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Gallup-Mckinley Cty Schools operates 31 public schools serving 12,224 students, placing it in the mid-size range in New Mexico. The school portfolio breaks down into 20 combined, 6 high, 5 middle schools, giving families a clear picture of grade-band coverage before they move, rent, or enrol. These enrollment and school figures come from the NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) 2024-25 release, and the district is based in Mckinley County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $16,054 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 3.9% local, 50.8% state, and 45.3% 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 64/100, ranked #23 of 98 in New Mexico against a state average of 50, notably more even than the typical district in the state for how evenly funding reaches its schools.
Academic infrastructure includes 2 of 31 schools offering Advanced Placement (13 AP courses district-wide), a 413:1 student-counselor ratio, above both the ASCA benchmark and the roughly 408:1 national average, and 66.9% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 19.1% Hispanic or Latino, 7.3% White, 0.8% Asian across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Red Rock Elementary, with a diversity index of 72.9/100.
Its largest campus is Gallup Central Alternative, enrolling 1,244 students (10% of the district's total enrollment). Its smallest is Education Dev Center, at 5 students, a 249x enrollment spread across the district's campuses.
Gallup-Mckinley Cty Schools school enrollment varies 249× across entities
Gallup-Mckinley Cty Schools school enrollment ranges from 5 students (lowest) to 1,244 students (highest), a spread of 1,239 students. That ratio is an extreme outlier spread — among the widest gaps observed anywhere in this dataset. Per-school staffing ratios, programme availability, and capital-renovation cycles often diverge inside the same district based on enrollment shape.
Gallup-Mckinley Cty Schools has higher-than-average Title I eligibility — 99.4% 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.
Gallup-Mckinley Cty Schools student-counselor ratio is 413:1 — high (typically associated with staffing constraints that limit per-student counselor time; CRDC data shows higher ratios cluster in larger urban systems)
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 Higher values may reflect larger urban scale or recent resource constraints that have widened the gap.
Gallup-Mckinley Cty Schools chronic absenteeism rate is 66.9% — 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.