What are the largest school districts in New Mexico?

Albuquerque Public Schools (73,992 students), Las Cruces Public Schools (22,670 students), Rio Rancho Public Schools (16,461 students) have the most students in the latest NCES count.

How much does New Mexico spend per student?

Districts in New Mexico that report finance data spent an average of $17,673 per student on current operations, weighted by enrollment.

What does per-pupil spending include?

It is current spending for elementary and secondary education divided by fall enrollment, as published by the Census Bureau. It includes instruction, support services such as transportation and administration, and other day-to-day costs. It leaves out capital outlay for buildings and interest on debt.

Why do some districts have no spending or poverty figures?

Charter districts, education service agencies and other special agencies often do not report finance data separately, and Census SAIPE estimates child poverty only for geographic school districts. Values are also hidden for districts with fewer than 50 students, where a per-pupil figure can swing widely.

Checked Oct 22, 2026

New Mexico School Districts

Public school districts and education agencies

Districts and agencies: 156
Students: 303,773; Fall enrollment
Spending per student: $17,673; Average of reporting districts
Largest district: Albuquerque Public Schools; 73,992 students

Enrollment and school counts come from the NCES Common Core of Data. Spending comes from the Census Bureau's Annual Survey of School System Finances, and child poverty from Census SAIPE model estimates. Per-pupil spending is current spending (salaries, benefits, supplies and services), not construction or debt, and is shown only for districts with at least 50 students.

Districts by enrollment

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District	Students	Schools	Per student	Child poverty
Albuquerque Public Schools	73,992	174	$17,449	15.3%
Las Cruces Public Schools	22,670	39	$16,907	24.3%
Rio Rancho Public Schools	16,461	20	$15,365	9.6%
Gallup-McKinley Cty Schools	12,698	33	$20,469	30.7%
Gadsden Independent Schools	11,739	26	$19,867	26.2%
Santa Fe Public Schools	11,182	29	$15,788	14.4%
Farmington Municipal Schools	10,745	20	$13,888	13.6%
Hobbs Municipal Schools	10,097	18	$14,199	19.6%
Roswell Independent Schools	9,184	22	$16,694	24.9%
Los Lunas Public Schools	8,207	16	$15,991	18.5%
Clovis Municipal Schools	7,387	16	$15,552	22.1%
Carlsbad Municipal Schools	7,217	14	$16,025	16.1%
Alamogordo Public Schools	5,227	15	$16,384	23.9%
Deming Public Schools	5,116	13	$16,596	32.3%
Central Consolidated Schools	4,515	16	$26,107	32.1%
Artesia Public Schools	3,729	10	$14,177	16.1%
Los Alamos Public Schools	3,667	7	$16,540	2.6%
Belen Consolidated Schools	3,500	10	$17,283	23.5%
Lovington Municipal Schools	3,397	10	$16,443	14.7%
Grants-Cibola County Schools	3,056	12	$18,345	31.0%
Bernalillo Public Schools	2,761	11	$22,645	13.8%
Portales Municipal Schools	2,518	6	$17,577	26.3%
Aztec Municipal Schools	2,448	7	$15,889	15.1%
Bloomfield Schools	2,387	7	$17,083	21.9%
Moriarty-Edgewood School District	2,361	7	$17,059	16.4%
Mission Achievement and Success	2,233	2	Not reported	Not reported
Taos Municipal Schools	2,184	9	$18,471	18.1%
Silver Consolidated Schools	2,100	9	$19,309	24.2%
Espanola Public Schools	1,876	13	$19,529	18.4%
Ruidoso Municipal Schools	1,788	4	$17,110	22.7%
West Las Vegas Public Schools	1,601	10	$19,150	34.1%
Pecos Cyber Academy	1,569	1	Not reported	Not reported
Pojoaque Valley Public Schools	1,500	5	$18,035	12.0%
New Mexico Connections Academy	1,487	1	Not reported	Not reported
Explore Academy	1,413	1	Not reported	Not reported
Socorro Consolidated Schools	1,318	6	$22,733	30.0%
T Or C Municipal Schools	1,246	5	$21,272	32.3%
Hatch Valley Public Schools	1,146	5	$19,293	16.6%
Las Vegas City Public Schools	1,121	6	$20,464	33.0%
Zuni Public Schools	1,052	4	$25,008	33.1%
ABQ School of Excellence	1,005	1	Not reported	Not reported
Cobre Consolidated Schools	939	6	$25,893	28.7%
Tucumcari Public Schools	911	3	$17,025	33.3%
Tularosa Municipal Schools	883	4	$20,955	26.2%
Cottonwood Classical Prep	852	1	Not reported	Not reported
Raton Public Schools	831	3	$17,881	27.2%
Hozho Academy	781	1	Not reported	Not reported
Dexter Consolidated Schools	772	3	$20,016	15.0%
Eunice Municipal Schools	748	3	$18,555	7.4%
Loving Municipal Schools	734	3	$16,036	12.8%
Cuba Independent Schools	721	3	$32,399	23.5%
Turquoise Trail Charter School	622	1	Not reported	Not reported
Explore Academy Las Cruces	599	1	Not reported	Not reported
Estancia Municipal Schools	575	4	$22,090	35.8%
Santa Rosa Consolidated Schools	572	5	$24,187	18.7%
Jal Public Schools	567	3	$20,736	10.2%
Estancia Valley Classical Academy	565	1	Not reported	Not reported
The Ask Academy	558	1	Not reported	Not reported
McCurdy Charter School	557	1	Not reported	Not reported
Dulce Independent Schools	554	3	$30,774	29.9%
Texico Municipal Schools	551	3	$16,185	12.5%
Horizon Academy West	495	1	Not reported	Not reported
School of Dreams Academy	478	1	Not reported	Not reported
The Montessori Academy	452	1	Not reported	Not reported
Capitan Municipal Schools	443	3	$20,350	20.5%
Pecos Independent Schools	434	3	$22,117	36.1%
Explore Academy - Rio Rancho	430	1	Not reported	Not reported
Cloudcroft Municipal Schools	429	3	$18,986	19.3%
Hagerman Municipal Schools	408	3	$22,759	17.4%
Lordsburg Municipal Schools	403	3	$21,482	29.3%
Mora Independent Schools	399	4	$24,007	22.0%
Clayton Municipal Schools	397	4	$20,689	25.5%
21st Century Public Academy	371	1	Not reported	Not reported
Monte Del Sol Charter	370	1	Not reported	Not reported
Cimarron Municipal Schools	339	6	$26,044	19.7%
NM School for the Arts	338	1	Not reported	Not reported
Albuquerque Bilingual Academy	328	1	Not reported	Not reported
Questa Independent Schools	315	4	$23,765	16.2%
Solare Collegiate Charter School	314	1	Not reported	Not reported
Albuquerque Aviation Academy	312	1	Not reported	Not reported
Logan Municipal Schools	310	4	$18,464	19.3%
Tatum Municipal Schools	310	3	$20,141	10.5%
Thrive Community School	305	1	Not reported	Not reported
Magdalena Municipal Schools	297	3	$30,625	63.5%
Jemez Valley Public Schools	292	3	$24,541	11.5%
Fort Sumner Municipal Schools	283	3	$24,431	28.7%
North Valley Academy	280	1	Not reported	Not reported
Penasco Independent Schools	276	3	$30,196	18.4%
Melrose Public Schools	271	3	$18,003	16.3%
Altura Preparatory School	263	1	Not reported	Not reported
Chama Valley Indep. Schools	262	3	$27,237	24.2%
Mesa Vista Consolidated Schools	262	4	$22,480	26.7%
The Masters Program	258	1	Not reported	Not reported
Tierra Adentro	257	1	Not reported	Not reported
Tierra Encantada Charter School	256	1	Not reported	Not reported
Taos Academy	251	1	Not reported	Not reported
New America School - Las Cruces	225	1	Not reported	Not reported
Floyd Municipal Schools	224	3	$19,635	20.5%
Sandoval Academy of Bilingual Education	222	1	Not reported	Not reported
Albuquerque Collegiate Charter School	221	1	Not reported	Not reported
Dora Municipal Schools	220	2	$22,128	41.5%
Taos Integrated School of Arts	215	1	Not reported	Not reported
Rio Grande Academy of Fine Arts	203	1	Not reported	Not reported
Aldo Leopold Charter	201	1	Not reported	Not reported
Sendero School of Academics and Career Preparation	201	1	Not reported	Not reported
J Paul Taylor Academy	200	1	Not reported	Not reported
Amy Biehl Charter High School	196	1	Not reported	Not reported
Mountainair Public Schools	184	3	$34,607	30.8%
Cesar Chavez Community School	181	1	Not reported	Not reported
Taos International School	179	1	Not reported	Not reported
Jemez Mountain Public Schools	178	4	$33,191	26.2%
Grady Municipal Schools	175	4	$22,101	15.6%
Quemado Independent Schools	170	3	$33,396	40.5%
Aces Technical Charter School	165	1	Not reported	Not reported
Animas Public Schools	165	3	$27,272	49.2%
ABQ Sign Language Academy	160	1	Not reported	Not reported
Middle College High School Charter - Gallup	153	1	Not reported	Not reported
Elida Municipal Schools	146	2	$29,653	16.7%
NM SCH for the Deaf	145	1	Not reported	Not reported
Carrizozo Municipal Schools	144	3	$25,391	29.3%
Northpoint Charter School	144	1	Not reported	Not reported
South Valley Prep	138	1	Not reported	Not reported
Des Moines Municipal Schools	132	2	$27,679	14.0%
Hondo Valley Public Schools	124	2	$35,667	29.8%
Renaissance Academy Charter School	124	1	Not reported	Not reported
San Jon Municipal Schools	123	3	$29,561	10.8%
Raices Del Saber Xinachtli Community	122	1	Not reported	Not reported
Lake Arthur Municipal Schools	121	3	$27,540	14.3%
Springer Municipal Schools	120	3	$31,336	18.7%
New Mexico Academy for the Media Arts	109	1	Not reported	Not reported
Corona Municipal Schools	102	2	$41,713	39.6%
Independent School District 1	97	2	$42,474	30.5%
Juvenile Justice	90	3	Not reported	Not reported
Maxwell Municipal Schools	87	3	$29,375	27.7%
Mosquero Municipal Schools	86	2	$30,531	37.5%
Red River Valley Charter School	84	1	Not reported	Not reported
Roy Municipal Schools	72	2	$36,187	20.5%
Vaughn Municipal Schools	70	2	Not reported	59.3%
Vista Grande High School	69	1	Not reported	Not reported
Alma D'Arte Charter	63	1	Not reported	Not reported
House Municipal Schools	61	3	$59,120	17.1%
Wagon Mound Public Schools	60	2	$49,257	28.8%
The Great Academy	59	1	Not reported	Not reported
Six Directions Indigenous School	58	1	Not reported	Not reported
Dzit Dit Lool School of Empowerment Action and Perseverance	56	1	Not reported	Not reported
Roots & Wings Community	53	1	Not reported	Not reported
San Diego Riverside	50	1	Not reported	Not reported
NM School for the Blind and Visually Impaired	45	2	Not reported	Not reported
Walatowa Charter High	34	1	Not reported	Not reported
NM Corrections	25	11	Not reported	Not reported
UNM Mimbres School	23	1	Not reported	Not reported
Sequoyah	19	1	Not reported	Not reported

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Frequently asked questions

What are the largest school districts in New Mexico?: Albuquerque Public Schools (73,992 students), Las Cruces Public Schools (22,670 students), Rio Rancho Public Schools (16,461 students) have the most students in the latest NCES count.
How much does New Mexico spend per student?: Districts in New Mexico that report finance data spent an average of $17,673 per student on current operations, weighted by enrollment.
What does per-pupil spending include?: It is current spending for elementary and secondary education divided by fall enrollment, as published by the Census Bureau. It includes instruction, support services such as transportation and administration, and other day-to-day costs. It leaves out capital outlay for buildings and interest on debt.
Why do some districts have no spending or poverty figures?: Charter districts, education service agencies and other special agencies often do not report finance data separately, and Census SAIPE estimates child poverty only for geographic school districts. Values are also hidden for districts with fewer than 50 students, where a per-pupil figure can swing widely.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data; U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances and SAIPE · Last updated 10/22/2026

Data sources

Common Core of Data & EDGENational Center for Education Statistics
Annual Survey of School System FinancesU.S. Census Bureau
Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates (SAIPE)U.S. Census Bureau

Data as of 10/22/2026

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