At $15,898 per pupil, The Great Academy ranks #86 of 143 New Mexico districts by per-pupil spending (New Mexico districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
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Total Enrollment
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$15,898
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District-Level NCES Analysis
The Great Academy operates 1 public schools serving 127 students, placing it among the smallest districts in New Mexico. The school portfolio breaks down into 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 Bernalillo County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $15,898 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, in the lower 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 6.8% local, 84.7% state, and 8.5% federal, a state-revenue-heavy mix that insulates the district somewhat from local property-tax volatility, though it ties funding to state budget cycles.
and 86.4% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 74.6% Hispanic or Latino, 8.5% White, 5.1% African American across the district's schools.
Its largest campus is The Great Academy, enrolling 59 students (100% of the district's total enrollment).
The Great Academy accounts for 46.5% of all The Great Academy student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of The Great Academy a distant remainder — means The Great Academy-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.
The Great Academy reports 64.6% free-lunch eligibility
The reported share sits between 62.5% and 75%, above a simple majority but below the highest descriptive band used here. 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.
The Great Academy chronic absenteeism rate is 86.4% — 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.
The Great Academy has 1 school, including 1 combined. Total enrollment is 127 students.
How much does The Great Academy spend per student?
The Great Academy spends $15,898 per student.
What is the demographic composition of The Great Academy?
The Great Academy students are 74.6% Hispanic or Latino, 8.5% White, 5.1% African American, averaged across 1 school. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.