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Moriarty, New Mexico - 7 schools
An equity score of 37/100 ranks Moriarty-Edgewood School District #69 of 98 districts in New Mexico (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $12,676 per pupil, Moriarty-Edgewood School District ranks #104 of 141 New Mexico districts by per-pupil spending (New Mexico districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
2,331
Total Enrollment
7
Schools
$12,676
Per-Pupil Spending
Combined, Elementary
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Moriarty-Edgewood School District operates 7 public schools serving 2,331 students, placing it among the smallest districts in New Mexico. The school portfolio breaks down into 2 combined, 2 elementary, 2 middle, 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 Torrance County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $12,676 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 19.8% local, 66.7% 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. The district's equity score is 37/100, ranked #69 of 98 in New Mexico against a state average of 50, notably less even than the typical district in the state for how evenly funding reaches its schools.
Academic infrastructure includes 1 of 7 schools offering Advanced Placement (7 AP courses district-wide), a 379:1 student-counselor ratio, well above the ASCA benchmark though still under the roughly 408:1 national average, and 45.5% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 55.1% Hispanic or Latino, 39.7% White, 0.4% African American across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Edgewood Middle, with a diversity index of 57.8/100.
Its largest campus is Moriarty High, enrolling 671 students (28% of the district's total enrollment). Its smallest is Mesd Early Childhood Center, at 116 students, a 6x enrollment spread across the district's campuses.
Moriarty High accounts for 28.4% of all Moriarty-Edgewood School District student enrollment
That dominant concentration means Moriarty-Edgewood School District-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.
Moriarty-Edgewood School District school enrollment varies 5.8× across entities
Moriarty-Edgewood School District school enrollment ranges from 116 students (lowest) to 671 students (highest), a spread of 555 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.
Moriarty-Edgewood School District 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.
Moriarty-Edgewood School District student-counselor ratio is 379:1 — high (typically associated with staffing constraints that limit per-student counselor time; CRDC data shows higher ratios cluster in larger urban systems)
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.
Moriarty-Edgewood School District chronic absenteeism rate is 45.5% — 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.
Comparisons are relative to Moriarty-Edgewood School District's own figures; each column derives from NCES Common Core of Data and the F-33 Finance Survey.
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How many schools are in Moriarty-Edgewood School District?
Moriarty-Edgewood School District has 7 schools, including 1 high, 2 combined, 2 elementary, 2 middle. Total enrollment is 2,331 students.
How much does Moriarty-Edgewood School District spend per student?
Moriarty-Edgewood School District spends $12,676 per student. The district has an equity score of 37/100, ranking #69 in New Mexico.
What is the demographic composition of Moriarty-Edgewood School District?
Moriarty-Edgewood School District students are 55.1% Hispanic or Latino, 39.7% White, 0.4% African American, 0.1% Asian, averaged across 7 schools. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.
What is the equity score for Moriarty-Edgewood School District?
Moriarty-Edgewood School District has an equity score of 37/100, ranking #69 out of 98 districts in New Mexico.