New Mexico · NCES F-33 finance data
Highest Spending Districts in New Mexico The 50 New Mexico districts that spend the most per student, ranked from NCES F-33 finance data (2021-22). Only districts enrolling 500 or more students are included.
$25,226 Top per-pupil spend
$14,676 Avg across top 50
50 Districts listed The spending picture in one line
Cuba Independent Schools spends $25,226 per student, the most of any New Mexico district listed, against an average of $14,676 across the top 50.
$25,226 top spend (Cuba Independent Schools)
$11,490 lowest on this list
2.2× spread across the listed districts
746 students in the top district # District Enrollment Schools Per-Pupil $ 1 Cuba Independent Schools Cuba 746 3 $25,226 2 Dulce Independent Schools Dulce 521 3 $23,259 3 Zuni Public Schools Zuni 1,095 4 $20,951 4 Santa Rosa Consolidated Schools Santa Rosa 603 5 $19,059 5 Estancia Municipal Schools Estancia 539 4 $18,214 6 Central Consolidated Schools Shiprock 5,037 17 $17,904 7 Cobre Consolidated Schools Bayard 1,023 6 $17,768 8 Tularosa Municipal Schools Tularosa 890 4 $17,163 9 Pecos Independent Schools Pecos 511 3 $16,737 10 Las Vegas City Public Schools Las Vegas 1,202 6 $16,490 11 Dexter Consolidated Schools Dexter 812 3 $16,470 12 West Las Vegas Public Schools Las Vegas 1,555 10 $16,317 13 Socorro Consolidated Schools Socorro 1,438 6 $16,102 14 Gallup-Mckinley Cty Schools Gallup 12,224 33 $16,054 15 Bernalillo Public Schools Bernalillo 2,786 11 $15,183 16 Taos Municipal Schools Taos 2,267 9 $15,079 17 Grants-Cibola County Schools Grants 3,211 12 $14,955 18 Espanola Public Schools Espanola 2,954 13 $14,886 19 Hatch Valley Public Schools Hatch 1,166 5 $14,653 20 T or C Municipal Schools T or C 1,287 5 $14,645 21 Jal Public Schools Jal 527 3 $14,624 22 Tucumcari Public Schools Tucumcari 907 3 $14,218 23 Gadsden Independent Schools Anthony 12,551 28 $14,189 24 Silver Consolidated Schools Silver City 2,273 9 $13,911 25 Explore Academy Albuquerque 1,204 1 $13,873 26 Raton Public Schools Raton 844 3 $13,827 27 Eunice Municipal Schools Eunice 726 3 $13,500 28 Deming Public Schools Deming 5,366 13 $13,484 29 Texico Municipal Schools Texico 551 3 $13,357 30 Portales Municipal Schools Portales 2,610 6 $13,291 31 Hozho Academy Gallup 616 1 $13,175 32 Belen Consolidated Schools Belen 3,602 10 $13,063 33 Lovington Municipal Schools Lovington 3,382 10 $12,999 34 Loving Municipal Schools Loving 647 3 $12,966 35 Albuquerque Public Schools Albuquerque 79,805 176 $12,964 36 Roswell Independent Schools Roswell 9,701 22 $12,961 37 Bloomfield Schools Bloomfield 2,584 7 $12,945 38 Santa Fe Public Schools Santa Fe 11,769 30 $12,912 39 Moriarty-Edgewood School District Moriarty 2,331 7 $12,676 40 Los Alamos Public Schools Los Alamos 3,724 8 $12,646 41 Aztec Municipal Schools Aztec 2,562 7 $12,518 42 Ruidoso Municipal Schools Ruidoso 1,820 4 $12,251 43 Las Cruces Public Schools Las Cruces 23,631 40 $12,237 44 Mission Achievement and Success Albuquerque 2,105 2 $12,115 45 School of Dreams Academy Los Lunas 606 1 $12,094 46 Abq School of Excellence Albuquerque 910 1 $11,674 47 Pojoaque Valley Public Schools Santa Fe 1,630 5 $11,596 48 Artesia Public Schools Artesia 3,722 10 $11,580 49 Hobbs Municipal Schools Hobbs 9,990 18 $11,533 50 Turquoise Trail Charter School Santa Fe 677 1 $11,490
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.
Read our methodology
— how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.