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Central

A public school district in Shiprock, New Mexico, with 16 operational schools in 2024–25.

The district in 2024–25

4,518
Students enrolled
375.4
Teachers, full-time equivalent
Derived by NCES from the state’s counts.
952.2
All staff, full-time equivalent
$23,470
Spending per pupil, fiscal year 2023
Current expenditure over fall membership, both as the district reported them.

How this compares

Students enrolled: 4,518 in 2024–⁠25
Ranks 2,136th of 17,800 districts by enrollment, and 15th of 153 in New Mexico. Larger than 88% of the 17,800 districts in the fifty states and DC that report an enrollment. The ranking →
Current spending per pupil: $23,470 in fiscal year 2023
More than 83% of the 17,189 districts with a spending figure. Current spending leaves out buildings and debt, and a district of a few pupils can spend far more per pupil than any large one.

Spending and revenue

Central spent $23,470 per pupil in fiscal year 2023, against $9,120 in fiscal year 2005

Current spending per pupil, each fiscal year: current expenditure over fall membership, both as the district reported them to NCES. In the dollars of each year, not adjusted for inflation. A year with no column is a year the survey has no figure for.

U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics — School District Finance Survey (F-33), fiscal year 2005 onwards

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The figures

Central spent $23,470 per pupil in fiscal year 2023, against $9,120 in fiscal year 2005. Current spending per pupil, each fiscal year: current expenditure over fall membership, both as the district reported them to NCES. In the dollars of each year, not adjusted for inflation. A year with no column is a year the survey has no figure for.
Fiscal yearSpending per pupilCurrent expenditureMembership
FY2023$23,470$118.2 million5,037
FY2022$17,904$89.4 million4,996
FY2021$16,424$85.0 million5,173
FY2020$13,749$77.5 million5,635
FY2019$12,562$74.0 million5,893
FY2018$11,691$69.8 million5,973
FY2017$12,303$76.3 million6,202
FY2016$11,628$74.0 million6,366
FY2015$11,937$76.2 million6,383
FY2014$11,241$73.2 million6,511
FY2013$11,034$70.3 million6,368
FY2012$10,940$72.2 million6,604
FY2011$10,858$73.2 million6,737
FY2010$11,350$75.6 million6,658
FY2009$11,531$78.0 million6,766
FY2008$11,772$79.0 million6,715
FY2007$11,341$76.4 million6,739
FY2006$9,924$68.2 million6,867
FY2005$9,120$63.9 million7,007

Revenue by source, fiscal year 2023

Revenue to Central by source, fiscal year 2023, as the district reported it to NCES
SourceRevenueShare of total
Federal$66.2 million46.6%
State$65.8 million46.4%
Local$10.0 million7.0%
Total$142.0 million

Federal, state and local revenue as the F-33 records them. Each share is of the survey’s total revenue, so a part withheld does not inflate the others.

The district’s schools

16 operational schools, A to Z.

2 more columns on a wider screen

Schools in Central
SchoolStudents
Career Prep Alternative118
Eva B Stokely Elementary203
Judy Nelson Elementary486
Kirtland Central High743
Kirtland Elementary388
Kirtland Middle372
Kirtland Pre-K Early Childhood Center0
Mesa Elementary229
Naschitti Elementary78
Newcomb Elementary169
Newcomb High223
Newcomb Middle127
Nizhoni Elementary207
Ojo Amarillo Elementary280
Shiprock High502
Tse Bit Ai Middle390

The district’s entry

Name as NCES lists it
CENTRAL
Status
Open
Type
Regular public school district that is not a component of a supervisory union
Charter status
Not a charter district
Grades
Pre-kindergarten to Grade 12
NCES district ID
3500390

Elsewhere

Sources

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