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Las Cruces, New Mexico - 1 schools
At $15,581 per pupil, Las Montanas Charter ranks #65 of 141 New Mexico districts by per-pupil spending (New Mexico districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
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Total Enrollment
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$15,581
Per-Pupil Spending
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School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Las Montanas Charter operates 1 public schools serving 162 students, placing it among the smallest districts in New Mexico. The school portfolio breaks down into 1 high 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 Doña Ana County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $15,581 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 1.5% local, 78.6% state, and 19.9% 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 201:1 student-counselor ratio, that meets the ASCA-recommended benchmark, and 40.8% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 85.6% Hispanic or Latino, 6.5% White, 5.0% African American across the district's schools.
Its largest campus is Las Montanas Charter, enrolling 201 students (100% of the district's total enrollment).
Las Montanas Charter accounts for 100.0% of all Las Montanas Charter student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Las Montanas Charter a distant remainder — means Las Montanas Charter-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.
Las Montanas Charter 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.
Las Montanas Charter student-counselor ratio is 201:1 — 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.
Las Montanas Charter chronic absenteeism rate is 40.8% — 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.
Las Montanas Charter has 1 school, including 1 high. Total enrollment is 162 students.
How much does Las Montanas Charter spend per student?
Las Montanas Charter spends $15,581 per student.
What is the demographic composition of Las Montanas Charter?
Las Montanas Charter students are 85.6% Hispanic or Latino, 6.5% White, 5.0% African American, averaged across 1 school. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.