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Texico, New Mexico - 3 schools
An equity score of 37/100 ranks Texico Municipal Schools #72 of 98 districts in New Mexico (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $13,357 per pupil, Texico Municipal Schools ranks #91 of 141 New Mexico districts by per-pupil spending (New Mexico districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
551
Total Enrollment
3
Schools
$13,357
Per-Pupil Spending
Combined, High
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Texico Municipal Schools operates 3 public schools serving 551 students, placing it among the smallest districts in New Mexico. The school portfolio breaks down into 1 combined, 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 Curry County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $13,357 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 16.1% local, 73.4% state, and 10.5% 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 37/100, ranked #72 of 98 in New Mexico against a state average of 50, notably less even than the typical district in the state for how evenly funding reaches its schools.
Academic infrastructure includes 1 of 3 schools offering Advanced Placement (2 AP courses district-wide), a 479.4:1 student-counselor ratio, above both the ASCA benchmark and the roughly 408:1 national average, and 13.7% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 54.7% White, 40.4% Hispanic or Latino, 1.9% African American across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Texico High, with a diversity index of 56.4/100.
Its largest campus is Texico Elementary, enrolling 246 students (45% of the district's total enrollment).
Texico Elementary accounts for 44.6% of all Texico Municipal Schools student enrollment
That dominant concentration means Texico 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.
Texico Municipal Schools student-counselor ratio is 479:1 — 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.
Texico Municipal Schools chronic absenteeism rate is 13.7% — low (typically associated with lower-than-average attendance disruption; districts in this range often have attendance interventions, robust transportation, or smaller catchments that reduce barriers)
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 Lower values often correlate with smaller scale and population characteristics rather than higher resource budgets per se.
Texico Municipal Schools has 3 schools, including 1 combined, 1 high, 1 middle. Total enrollment is 551 students.
How much does Texico Municipal Schools spend per student?
Texico Municipal Schools spends $13,357 per student. The district has an equity score of 37/100, ranking #72 in New Mexico.
What is the demographic composition of Texico Municipal Schools?
Texico Municipal Schools students are 54.7% White, 40.4% Hispanic or Latino, 1.9% African American, 0.6% Asian, averaged across 3 schools. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.
What is the equity score for Texico Municipal Schools?
Texico Municipal Schools has an equity score of 37/100, ranking #72 out of 98 districts in New Mexico.