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Silver City, New Mexico - 9 schools
An equity score of 61/100 ranks Silver Consolidated Schools #28 of 98 districts in New Mexico (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $13,911 per pupil, Silver Consolidated Schools ranks #83 of 141 New Mexico districts by per-pupil spending (New Mexico districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
2,273
Total Enrollment
9
Schools
$13,911
Per-Pupil Spending
Elementary, Combined
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Silver Consolidated Schools operates 9 public schools serving 2,273 students, placing it among the smaller districts in New Mexico. The school portfolio breaks down into 4 elementary, 3 combined, 1 high, 1 middle schools, a compact enough portfolio that families can compare every campus directly before they move, rent, or enrol. These enrollment and school figures come from the NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) 2024-25 release, and the district is based in Grant County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $13,911 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 12.4% local, 68.9% state, and 18.7% federal, a state-revenue-heavy mix that insulates the district somewhat from local property-tax volatility, though it ties funding to state budget cycles. The district's equity score is 61/100, ranked #28 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.
Academic infrastructure includes 2 of 9 schools offering Advanced Placement (6 AP courses district-wide), a 241.9:1 student-counselor ratio, that meets the ASCA-recommended benchmark, and 50.7% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 61.5% Hispanic or Latino, 34.0% White, 0.8% African American across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Jose Barrios Elementary, with a diversity index of 51.8/100.
Its largest campus is Silver High, enrolling 618 students (29% of the district's total enrollment). Its smallest is Silver Scholars Academy, at 43 students, a 14x enrollment spread across the district's campuses.
Silver High accounts for 27.2% of all Silver Consolidated Schools student enrollment
That dominant concentration means Silver Consolidated Schools-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the dominant entity. Grade band: high. 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.
Silver Consolidated Schools school enrollment varies 14× across entities
Silver Consolidated Schools school enrollment ranges from 43 students (lowest) to 618 students (highest), a spread of 575 students. That spread reflects typical mixed-portfolio variation between specialty programs and large neighbourhood schools. Per-school staffing ratios, programme availability, and capital-renovation cycles often diverge inside the same district based on enrollment shape.
Silver Consolidated Schools 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.
Silver Consolidated Schools student-counselor ratio is 242:1 — low (typically associated with meeting or exceeding the American School Counselor Association (ASCA) recommended 250:1 benchmark, which correlates with stronger college and career counseling capacity)
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 Lower values often correlate with smaller scale and population characteristics rather than higher resource budgets per se.
Silver Consolidated Schools chronic absenteeism rate is 50.7% — 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.