Highest Spending Districts in New Mexico Per-pupil expenditure ranking. Districts with 500+ enrollment. Data from NCES F-33 Finance Survey.
$35,660
Top Spender
EUNICE MUNICIPAL SCHOOLS
# District Per-Pupil $ Enrollment Schools 1. EUNICE MUNICIPAL SCHOOLS EUNICE $35,660 726 3 2. JAL PUBLIC SCHOOLS JAL $31,886 527 3 3. CUBA INDEPENDENT SCHOOLS CUBA $29,202 746 3 4. DULCE INDEPENDENT SCHOOLS DULCE $27,814 521 3 5. ZUNI PUBLIC SCHOOLS ZUNI $25,147 1,095 4 6. CENTRAL CONSOLIDATED SCHOOLS SHIPROCK $22,238 5,037 17 7. ESTANCIA MUNICIPAL SCHOOLS ESTANCIA $21,514 539 4 8. LOVING MUNICIPAL SCHOOLS LOVING $20,066 647 3 9. LAS VEGAS CITY PUBLIC SCHOOLS LAS VEGAS $19,739 1,202 6 10. WEST LAS VEGAS PUBLIC SCHOOLS LAS VEGAS $19,682 1,555 10 11. SANTA ROSA CONSOLIDATED SCHOOLS SANTA ROSA $19,477 603 5 12. TULAROSA MUNICIPAL SCHOOLS TULAROSA $19,324 890 4 13. COBRE CONSOLIDATED SCHOOLS BAYARD $18,463 1,023 6 14. DEXTER CONSOLIDATED SCHOOLS DEXTER $18,278 812 3 15. GALLUP-MCKINLEY CTY SCHOOLS GALLUP $17,740 12,224 33 16. SOCORRO CONSOLIDATED SCHOOLS SOCORRO $17,652 1,438 6 17. TAOS MUNICIPAL SCHOOLS TAOS $17,490 2,267 9 18. PECOS INDEPENDENT SCHOOLS PECOS $17,366 511 3 19. HATCH VALLEY PUBLIC SCHOOLS HATCH $17,010 1,166 5 20. SANTA FE PUBLIC SCHOOLS SANTA FE $16,964 11,769 30 21. GRANTS-CIBOLA COUNTY SCHOOLS GRANTS $16,883 3,211 12 22. BERNALILLO PUBLIC SCHOOLS BERNALILLO $16,367 2,786 11 23. ESPANOLA PUBLIC SCHOOLS ESPANOLA $15,947 2,954 13 24. HOBBS MUNICIPAL SCHOOLS HOBBS $15,888 9,990 18 25. CARLSBAD MUNICIPAL SCHOOLS CARLSBAD $15,882 7,102 14 26. TEXICO MUNICIPAL SCHOOLS TEXICO $15,735 551 3 27. T OR C MUNICIPAL SCHOOLS T OR C $15,636 1,287 5 28. ALBUQUERQUE PUBLIC SCHOOLS ALBUQUERQUE $15,508 79,805 176 29. EXPLORE ACADEMY ALBUQUERQUE $15,366 1,204 1 30. GADSDEN INDEPENDENT SCHOOLS ANTHONY $15,234 12,551 28 31. PORTALES MUNICIPAL SCHOOLS PORTALES $15,222 2,610 6 32. TUCUMCARI PUBLIC SCHOOLS TUCUMCARI $15,220 907 3 33. ARTESIA PUBLIC SCHOOLS ARTESIA $15,172 3,722 10 34. SILVER CONSOLIDATED SCHOOLS SILVER CITY $14,901 2,273 9 35. LOVINGTON MUNICIPAL SCHOOLS LOVINGTON $14,739 3,382 10 36. MORIARTY-EDGEWOOD SCHOOL DISTRICT MORIARTY $14,669 2,331 7 37. RATON PUBLIC SCHOOLS RATON $14,649 844 3 38. DEMING PUBLIC SCHOOLS DEMING $14,417 5,366 13 39. ROSWELL INDEPENDENT SCHOOLS ROSWELL $14,402 9,701 22 40. RUIDOSO MUNICIPAL SCHOOLS RUIDOSO $14,358 1,820 4 41. LOS ALAMOS PUBLIC SCHOOLS LOS ALAMOS $14,273 3,724 8 42. HOZHO ACADEMY GALLUP $14,189 616 1 43. BLOOMFIELD SCHOOLS BLOOMFIELD $14,169 2,584 7 44. AZTEC MUNICIPAL SCHOOLS AZTEC $14,142 2,562 7 45. BELEN CONSOLIDATED SCHOOLS BELEN $13,914 3,602 10 46. ABQ SCHOOL OF EXCELLENCE ALBUQUERQUE $13,785 910 1 47. SCHOOL OF DREAMS ACADEMY LOS LUNAS $13,714 606 1 48. RIO RANCHO PUBLIC SCHOOLS RIO RANCHO $13,705 17,272 21 49. TURQUOISE TRAIL CHARTER SCHOOL SANTA FE $13,468 677 1 50. LAS CRUCES PUBLIC SCHOOLS LAS CRUCES $13,226 23,631 40
Explore More for New Mexico Methodology Per-pupil expenditure data comes from the NCES F-33 Finance Survey. Only districts with 500 or more students are included to ensure meaningful comparisons. Spending figures include all current operational expenditures divided by total enrollment.
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