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Reserve, New Mexico - 2 schools
At $28,119 per pupil, Reserve Public Schools ranks #9 of 141 New Mexico districts by per-pupil spending (New Mexico districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
105
Total Enrollment
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$28,119
Per-Pupil Spending
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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 $28,119 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, among the top 15 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 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).
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 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.
Reserve Public Schools has higher-than-average Title I eligibility — 63.4% 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 approaching the 75% concentration-grant threshold; it does not yet unlock the extra funding tier but sits meaningfully above the baseline 50% majority mark. 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.
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 $28,119 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.