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Los Lunas, New Mexico - 1 schools
An equity score of 60/100 ranks School of Dreams Academy #33 of 98 districts in New Mexico (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $12,094 per pupil, School of Dreams Academy ranks #112 of 141 New Mexico districts by per-pupil spending (New Mexico districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
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District-Level NCES Analysis
School of Dreams Academy operates 1 public schools serving 606 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 Valencia County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $12,094 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 4.2% local, 77.9% state, and 17.9% 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 60/100, ranked #33 of 98 in New Mexico against a state average of 50, notably more even than the typical district in the state for how evenly funding reaches its schools.
a 478:1 student-counselor ratio, above both the ASCA benchmark and the roughly 408:1 national average, and 66.3% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 68.6% Hispanic or Latino, 24.9% White, 0.8% Asian across the district's schools.
Its largest campus is School of Dreams Academy, enrolling 478 students (100% of the district's total enrollment).
School of Dreams Academy accounts for 78.9% of all School of Dreams Academy student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of School of Dreams Academy a distant remainder — means School of Dreams Academy-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.
School of Dreams Academy 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.
School of Dreams Academy student-counselor ratio is 478:1 — 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.
School of Dreams Academy chronic absenteeism rate is 66.3% — 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.
School of Dreams Academy has 1 school, including 1 combined. Total enrollment is 606 students.
How much does School of Dreams Academy spend per student?
School of Dreams Academy spends $12,094 per student. The district has an equity score of 60/100, ranking #33 in New Mexico.
What is the demographic composition of School of Dreams Academy?
School of Dreams Academy students are 68.6% Hispanic or Latino, 24.9% White, 0.8% Asian, 0.2% African American, averaged across 1 school. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.
What is the equity score for School of Dreams Academy?
School of Dreams Academy has an equity score of 60/100, ranking #33 out of 98 districts in New Mexico.