An equity score of 64/100 ranks Socorro Consolidated Schools #29 of 98 districts in New Mexico (state average 51). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $18,631 per pupil, Socorro Consolidated Schools ranks #60 of 143 New Mexico districts by per-pupil spending (New Mexico districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
1,438
Total Enrollment
6
Schools
$18,631
Per-Pupil Spending
Combined, Elementary
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Socorro Consolidated Schools operates 6 public schools serving 1,438 students, placing it among the smallest districts in New Mexico. The school portfolio breaks down into 2 combined, 2 elementary, 1 high, 1 middle 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 Socorro County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $18,631 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, in the upper 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 10.0% local, 66.4% state, and 23.7% 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 64/100, ranked #29 of 98 in New Mexico against a state average of 51, notably more even than the typical district in the state for how evenly funding reaches its schools.
a 188.2:1 student-counselor ratio, that meets the ASCA-recommended benchmark, and 58.3% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 78.2% Hispanic or Latino, 14.8% White, 1.4% Asian across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Cottonwood Valley Charter, with a diversity index of 46.9/100.
Its largest campus is Parkview Elementary, enrolling 382 students (29% of the district's total enrollment). Its smallest is San Antonio Elementary, at 63 students, a 6x enrollment spread across the district's campuses.
Parkview Elementary accounts for 26.6% of all Socorro Consolidated Schools student enrollment
That concentration means Socorro Consolidated 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. Enrollment-weighted aggregates give this entity more weight than any smaller peer, while an unweighted entity average treats every record equally.
Socorro Consolidated Schools school enrollment varies 6.1× across entities
Socorro Consolidated Schools school enrollment ranges from 63 students (lowest) to 382 students (highest), a spread of 319 students. That relatively narrow ratio reflects an unusually homogeneous campus portfolio, most districts have a wider mix of school sizes. Per-school staffing ratios, programme availability, and capital-renovation cycles often diverge inside the same district based on enrollment shape.
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.
Socorro Consolidated Schools student-counselor ratio is 188:1 — 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.
Socorro Consolidated Schools chronic absenteeism rate is 58.3% — 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.