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Zuni, New Mexico - 4 schools
An equity score of 93/100 ranks Zuni Public Schools #1 of 98 districts in New Mexico (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $20,951 per pupil, Zuni Public Schools ranks #24 of 141 New Mexico districts by per-pupil spending (New Mexico districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
1,095
Total Enrollment
4
Schools
$20,951
Per-Pupil Spending
Combined, High
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Zuni Public Schools operates 4 public schools serving 1,095 students, placing it among the smallest districts in New Mexico. The school portfolio breaks down into 2 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 Mckinley County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $20,951 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, in the upper 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 2.1% local, 49.9% state, and 48.0% federal, a balanced mix across local, state, and federal sources, spreading budget risk across funding cycles rather than concentrating it in one. The district's equity score is 93/100, ranked #1 of 98 in New Mexico against a state average of 50, notably more even than the typical district in the state for how evenly funding reaches its schools.
Academic infrastructure includes 1 of 4 schools offering Advanced Placement (1 AP courses district-wide), a 226.1:1 student-counselor ratio, that meets the ASCA-recommended benchmark, and 54.2% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 5.6% Hispanic or Latino, 1.6% Asian, 0.1% White across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Zuni Middle, with a diversity index of 37.9/100.
Its largest campus is Shiwi Ts'ana Elementary, enrolling 447 students (42% of the district's total enrollment). Its smallest is Twin Buttes Cyber Academy, at 70 students, a 6x enrollment spread across the district's campuses.
Shiwi Ts'ana Elementary accounts for 40.8% of all Zuni Public Schools student enrollment
That dominant concentration means Zuni Public 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.
Zuni Public Schools school enrollment varies 6.4× across entities
Zuni Public Schools school enrollment ranges from 70 students (lowest) to 447 students (highest), a spread of 377 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.
Zuni Public 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.
Zuni Public Schools student-counselor ratio is 226:1 — 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.
Zuni Public Schools chronic absenteeism rate is 54.2% — 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.