Every figure on PlainSchools is rendered directly from the source NCES, CRDC and F-33 federal
records, no number is typed in by an editor. District totals are aggregated directly from the schools reporting under this district in the source records. See our
editorial standards & corrections policy, the
methodology behind these numbers, or
report a data error. Data current as of June 2026.
Espanola, New Mexico - 1 schools
At $13,386 per pupil, La Tierra Montessori School of the Arts and Sciences ranks #90 of 141 New Mexico districts by per-pupil spending (New Mexico districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
92
Total Enrollment
1
Schools
$13,386
Per-Pupil Spending
Combined
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
La Tierra Montessori School of the Arts and Sciences operates 1 public schools serving 92 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 Rio Arriba County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $13,386 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 2.4% local, 75.5% state, and 22.1% federal, a state-revenue-heavy mix that insulates the district somewhat from local property-tax volatility, though it ties funding to state budget cycles.
and 34.8% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Use the school table below to drill into any individual campus for its own demographic and resource profile.
La Tierra Montessori School of the Arts and Sciences accounts for 100.0% of all La Tierra Montessori School of the Arts and Sciences student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of La Tierra Montessori School of the Arts and Sciences a distant remainder — means La Tierra Montessori School of the Arts and Sciences-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.
La Tierra Montessori School of the Arts and Sciences 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.
La Tierra Montessori School of the Arts and Sciences chronic absenteeism rate is 34.8% — 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.
Comparisons are relative to La Tierra Montessori School of the Arts and Sciences's own figures; each column derives from NCES Common Core of Data and the F-33 Finance Survey.
Nearby Districts in New Mexico
Top districts in the same state, compare side-by-side for enrollment, spending, and demographics.