At $29,038 per pupil, Maxwell Municipal Schools ranks #16 of 143 New Mexico districts by per-pupil spending (New Mexico districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
106
Total Enrollment
3
Schools
$29,038
Per-Pupil Spending
Elementary, High
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Maxwell Municipal Schools operates 3 public schools serving 106 students, placing it among the smallest districts in New Mexico. The school portfolio breaks down into 1 elementary, 1 high, 1 middle 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 Colfax County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $29,038 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 7.6% local, 78.9% 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 966.7:1 student-counselor ratio, above both the ASCA benchmark and the roughly 408:1 national average, and 58.9% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 66.7% Hispanic or Latino, 32.4% White across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Maxwell High, with a diversity index of 50.0/100.
Its largest campus is Maxwell Elementary, enrolling 39 students (45% of the district's total enrollment).
Maxwell Elementary accounts for 36.8% of all Maxwell Municipal Schools student enrollment
That dominant concentration means Maxwell Municipal Schools-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the largest entity. Grade band: elementary. The share measures enrollment concentration only; it does not establish how the district allocates programs, capital, or staff. Enrollment-weighted aggregates give this entity more weight than any smaller peer, while an unweighted entity average treats every record equally.
Maxwell Municipal Schools school enrollment varies 3.0× across entities
Maxwell Municipal Schools school enrollment ranges from 13 students (lowest) to 39 students (highest), a spread of 26 students. That relatively narrow ratio reflects an unusually homogeneous campus portfolio, most districts have a wider mix of school sizes. Per-school staffing ratios, programme availability, and capital-renovation cycles often diverge inside the same district based on enrollment shape.
Maxwell Municipal 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.
Maxwell Municipal Schools student-counselor ratio is 967:1 — well above typical (typically associated with unusually large scale or acute resource constraints)
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 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.
Maxwell Municipal Schools chronic absenteeism rate is 58.9% — 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.