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Springer, New Mexico - 3 schools
At $27,709 per pupil, Springer Municipal Schools ranks #10 of 141 New Mexico districts by per-pupil spending (New Mexico districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
111
Total Enrollment
3
Schools
$27,709
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 $27,709 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 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).
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 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.
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 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.
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.