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Gallup, New Mexico - 31 schools
An equity score of 64/100 ranks Gallup-Mckinley Cty Schools #28 of 98 districts in New Mexico (state average 51). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $18,936 per pupil, Gallup-Mckinley Cty Schools ranks #59 of 143 New Mexico districts by per-pupil spending (New Mexico districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
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 $18,936 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, in the upper half 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 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 #28 of 98 in New Mexico against a state average of 51, 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 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.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
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
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.
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.
This district has moderate funding equity. There may be room to improve funding diversity or resource allocation.
Average demographic composition across 31 schools in Gallup-Mckinley Cty Schools.
Source: NCES CCD School Membership 2024-25.
Average Simpson diversity index across Gallup-Mckinley Cty Schools's schools, above the New Mexico average of 39.8.
Source: NCES Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC) 2021-22.
| School | Enrollment |
|---|---|
| Gallup Central Alternative | 1,244 |
| Miyamura High School | 1,237 |
| Gallup High | 796 |
| John F. Kennedy Middle | 648 |
| Chief Manuelito Middle | 634 |
| Gallup Middle | 480 |
| Jefferson Elementary | 460 |
| Del Norte Elementary | 424 |
| Lincoln Elementary | 414 |
| Tobe Turpen Elementary | 397 |
| Thoreau High | 389 |
| Thoreau Middle | 362 |
| Thoreau Elementary | 359 |
| Stagecoach Elementary | 340 |
| Catherine a. Miller Elementary | 317 |
| Red Rock Elementary | 311 |
| Navajo Elementary | 310 |
| Indian Hills Elementary | 294 |
| Crownpoint Elementary | 281 |
| Crownpoint High | 279 |
| Tohatchi High | 279 |
| Ramah High | 269 |
| Chee Dodge Elementary | 261 |
| Twin Lakes Elementary | 256 |
| Tohatchi Elementary | 246 |
| David Skeet Elementary | 232 |
| Navajo Middle School | 224 |
| Ramah Elementary | 223 |
| Navajo Pine High | 140 |
| Tse Yi Gai High | 64 |
| Education Dev Center | 5 |
The New Mexico districts closest to this one in total enrollment.
| District | Enrollment | Spending | Funding Mix |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gadsden Independent Schools | Similar size | Similar spending | Similar funding mix |
| Santa Fe Public Schools | Similar size | Lower spending | More locally funded |
| Farmington Municipal Schools | Similar size | Lower spending | Similar funding mix |
| Hobbs Municipal Schools | Similar size | Lower spending | More locally funded |
| Roswell Independent Schools | Similar size | Lower spending | Similar funding mix |
Comparisons are relative to Gallup-Mckinley Cty Schools's own figures; each column derives from NCES Common Core of Data and the F-33 Finance Survey.
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Compare vs Albuquerque Public Schools →Gallup-Mckinley Cty Schools has 31 schools, including 20 combined, 6 high, 5 middle. Total enrollment is 12,224 students.
Gallup-Mckinley Cty Schools spends $18,936 per student. The district has an equity score of 64/100, ranking #28 in New Mexico.
Gallup-Mckinley Cty Schools students are 19.1% Hispanic or Latino, 7.3% White, 0.8% Asian, 0.7% African American, averaged across 31 schools. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.
Gallup-Mckinley Cty Schools has an equity score of 64/100, ranking #28 out of 98 districts in New Mexico.
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