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Mosquero, New Mexico - 2 schools
At $23,095 per pupil, Mosquero Municipal Schools ranks #20 of 141 New Mexico districts by per-pupil spending (New Mexico districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
88
Total Enrollment
2
Schools
$23,095
Per-Pupil Spending
Combined
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Mosquero Municipal Schools operates 2 public schools serving 88 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 Harding County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $23,095 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 28.0% local, 67.9% state, and 4.2% 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 19.3% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 47.3% White, 36.4% Hispanic or Latino across the district's schools.
Its largest campus is Mosquero High, enrolling 51 students (59% of the district's total enrollment).
Mosquero High accounts for 58.0% of all Mosquero Municipal Schools student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Mosquero Municipal Schools a distant remainder — means Mosquero Municipal Schools-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.
Mosquero Municipal Schools chronic absenteeism rate is 19.3% — near the typical range (US average ~28) — aligned with the national post-pandemic baseline of roughly 28% chronic absenteeism
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 Variation between sub-units within Mosquero Municipal Schools is typically wider than the Mosquero Municipal Schools-aggregate figure suggests.