At $16,506 per pupil, Red River Valley Charter School ranks #77 of 143 New Mexico districts by per-pupil spending (New Mexico districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
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District-Level NCES Analysis
Red River Valley Charter School operates 1 public schools serving 81 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 Taos County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $16,506 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, in the lower 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 5.0% local, 77.6% state, and 17.4% 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 33.3% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 67.9% White, 29.8% Hispanic or Latino, 2.4% African American across the district's schools.
Enrollment across the district's NCES-reporting campuses grew 7.4% between 2022-23 and 2023-24 (81 to 87 students), while the student-teacher ratio widened by 2.3 students per teacher, per the NCES Common Core of Data annual universe files.
Of the district's $1,702,000 in reported FY2023 expenditures, 46.1% went to instruction, 29.6% to support services, and 21.4% to capital outlay, a capital-heavy year, consistent with active construction, renovation, or major equipment purchases. Figures come from the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey's function-level breakdown, not the aggregate per-pupil figure above.
Red River Valley Charter School accounts for 100.0% of all Red River Valley Charter School student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Red River Valley Charter School a distant remainder — means Red River Valley Charter School-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the largest entity. Grade band: combined. The share measures enrollment concentration only; it does not establish how the district allocates programs, capital, or staff. Because it contains a majority of the affected population, enrollment-weighted aggregates will sit closer to this entity's reported fields than to those of smaller peers; an unweighted entity count answers a different question.
Red River Valley Charter School 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.
Red River Valley Charter School chronic absenteeism rate is 33.3% — 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 Red River Valley Charter School'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 Red River Valley Charter School?
Red River Valley Charter School has 1 school, including 1 combined. Total enrollment is 81 students.
How much does Red River Valley Charter School spend per student?
Red River Valley Charter School spends $16,506 per student.
What is the demographic composition of Red River Valley Charter School?
Red River Valley Charter School students are 67.9% White, 29.8% Hispanic or Latino, 2.4% African American, averaged across 1 school. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.