At $37,000 per pupil, Hondo Valley Public Schools ranks #6 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
Hondo Valley Public Schools operates 2 public schools serving 124 students, placing it among the smallest districts in New Mexico. The school portfolio breaks down into 2 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 Lincoln County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $37,000 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 12.6% local, 73.9% state, and 13.5% federal, a state-revenue-heavy mix that insulates the district somewhat from local property-tax volatility, though it ties funding to state budget cycles.
a 179:1 student-counselor ratio, that meets the ASCA-recommended benchmark, and 46.5% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 81.5% Hispanic or Latino, 12.9% White, 0.7% African American across the district's schools.
Its largest campus is Hondo Elementary, enrolling 78 students (63% of the district's total enrollment).
Enrollment across the district's NCES-reporting campuses held roughly steady from 2022-23 to 2023-24 (124 to 126 students, +1.6%), per the NCES Common Core of Data annual universe files.
Of the district's $5,179,000 in reported FY2023 expenditures, 41.9% went to instruction, 43.3% to support services, and 10% 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.
Hondo Elementary accounts for 62.9% of all Hondo Valley Public Schools student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Hondo Valley Public Schools a distant remainder — means Hondo Valley Public Schools-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.
Hondo Valley Public Schools 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.
Hondo Valley Public Schools student-counselor ratio is 179:1 — 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.
Hondo Valley Public Schools chronic absenteeism rate is 46.5% — 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.
How many schools are in Hondo Valley Public Schools?
Hondo Valley Public Schools has 2 schools, including 2 combined. Total enrollment is 124 students.
How much does Hondo Valley Public Schools spend per student?
Hondo Valley Public Schools spends $37,000 per student.
What is the demographic composition of Hondo Valley Public Schools?
Hondo Valley Public Schools students are 81.5% Hispanic or Latino, 12.9% White, 0.7% African American, 0.7% Asian, averaged across 2 schools. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.