At $29,676 per pupil, Springer Municipal Schools ranks #13 of 143 New Mexico districts by per-pupil spending (New Mexico districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
111
Total Enrollment
3
Schools
$29,676
Per-Pupil Spending
Elementary, Combined
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Springer Municipal Schools operates 3 public schools serving 111 students, placing it among the smallest districts in New Mexico. The school portfolio breaks down into 2 elementary, 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 Colfax County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $29,676 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 11.0% local, 72.4% state, and 16.6% federal, a state-revenue-heavy mix that insulates the district somewhat from local property-tax volatility, though it ties funding to state budget cycles.
a 121.2:1 student-counselor ratio, that meets the ASCA-recommended benchmark, and 4.4% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 84.8% Hispanic or Latino, 14.2% White across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Forrester Elementary, with a diversity index of 29.9/100.
Its largest campus is Springer High, enrolling 59 students (49% of the district's total enrollment).
Enrollment across the district's NCES-reporting campuses held roughly steady from 2022-23 to 2023-24 (111 to 113 students, +1.8%), per the NCES Common Core of Data annual universe files.
Of the district's $4,922,000 in reported FY2023 expenditures, 32.5% went to instruction, 29.9% to support services, and 30.7% to capital outlay, a capital-heavy year, consistent with active construction, renovation, or major equipment purchases. Figures come from the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey's function-level breakdown, not the aggregate per-pupil figure above.
Springer High accounts for 49.2% of all Springer Municipal Schools student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Springer Municipal Schools a distant remainder — means Springer Municipal 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.
Springer Municipal Schools school enrollment varies 2.2× across entities
Springer Municipal Schools school enrollment ranges from 27 students (lowest) to 59 students (highest), a spread of 32 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.
Springer Municipal Schools reports 100.0% free-lunch eligibility
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.
Springer Municipal Schools student-counselor ratio is 121:1 — well below typical (typically associated with unusually small scale or exceptionally high per-unit investment)
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 Values this far below typical often correlate with unusually small scale or population characteristics rather than higher resource budgets per se — worth checking whether the underlying denominator is itself an outlier.
Springer Municipal Schools chronic absenteeism rate is 4.4% — well below typical (typically associated with unusually small scale or exceptionally high per-unit investment)
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 below typical often correlate with unusually small scale or population characteristics rather than higher resource budgets per se — worth checking whether the underlying denominator is itself an outlier.