At $34,857 per pupil, Reserve Public Schools ranks #8 of 143 New Mexico districts by per-pupil spending (New Mexico districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
105
Total Enrollment
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$34,857
Per-Pupil Spending
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School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Reserve Public Schools operates 2 public schools serving 105 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 Catron County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $34,857 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, among the top 15 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 9.8% local, 65.5% state, and 24.7% 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 38.6% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 51.0% Hispanic or Latino, 45.1% White, 3.0% African American across the district's schools.
Its largest campus is Reserve Elementary, enrolling 58 students (60% of the district's total enrollment).
Enrollment across the district's NCES-reporting campuses fell 10.5% between 2022-23 and 2023-24 (105 to 94 students), and the student-teacher ratio held roughly steady, per the NCES Common Core of Data annual universe files.
Of the district's $3,948,000 in reported FY2023 expenditures, 48.9% went to instruction, 41% to support services, and 6.7% to capital outlay, support-services-heavy relative to typical districts, reflecting spending on transportation, administration, or student services. Figures come from the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey's function-level breakdown, not the aggregate per-pupil figure above.
Reserve Elementary accounts for 55.2% of all Reserve Public Schools student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Reserve Public Schools a distant remainder — means Reserve Public Schools-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.
Reserve Public Schools reports 62.7% free-lunch eligibility
The reported share sits between 62.5% and 75%, above a simple majority but below the highest descriptive band used here. 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.
Reserve Public Schools chronic absenteeism rate is 38.6% — 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.
Reserve Public Schools has 2 schools, including 2 combined. Total enrollment is 105 students.
How much does Reserve Public Schools spend per student?
Reserve Public Schools spends $34,857 per student.
What is the demographic composition of Reserve Public Schools?
Reserve Public Schools students are 51.0% Hispanic or Latino, 45.1% White, 3.0% African American, averaged across 2 schools. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.