Chama Valley
A public school district in Tierra Amarilla, New Mexico, with 3 operational schools in 2024–25.
The district in 2024–25
- 280
- Students enrolled
- 29
- Teachers, full-time equivalent
- Derived by NCES from the state’s counts.
- 45
- All staff, full-time equivalent
- $23,025
- Spending per pupil, fiscal year 2023
- Current expenditure over fall membership, both as the district reported them.
How this compares
- Students enrolled: 280 in 2024–25
- Ranks 13,698th of 17,800 districts by enrollment, and 89th of 153 in New Mexico. Larger than 23% of the 17,800 districts in the fifty states and DC that report an enrollment. The ranking →
- Current spending per pupil: $23,025 in fiscal year 2023
- More than 82% 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
Chama Valley spent $23,025 per pupil in fiscal year 2023, against $13,186 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
The figures behind this chart
| Fiscal year | Spending per pupil | Current expenditure | Membership |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2023 | $23,025 | $8.4 million | 363 |
| FY2022 | $17,669 | $6.6 million | 375 |
| FY2021 | $16,434 | $6.2 million | 380 |
| FY2020 | $14,791 | $6.3 million | 425 |
| FY2019 | $14,812 | $6.0 million | 404 |
| FY2018 | $15,357 | $5.9 million | 384 |
| FY2017 | $16,261 | $6.2 million | 383 |
| FY2016 | $16,247 | $6.1 million | 376 |
| FY2015 | $17,185 | $6.7 million | 389 |
| FY2014 | $15,962 | $6.3 million | 396 |
| FY2013 | $15,285 | $5.8 million | 379 |
| FY2012 | $19,500 | $6.4 million | 328 |
| FY2011 | $15,953 | $6.4 million | 403 |
| FY2010 | $16,765 | $6.8 million | 404 |
| FY2009 | $16,315 | $6.7 million | 410 |
| FY2008 | $14,366 | $6.6 million | 456 |
| FY2007 | $14,314 | $6.6 million | 462 |
| FY2006 | $13,455 | $6.3 million | 468 |
| FY2005 | $13,186 | $6.3 million | 479 |
Revenue by source, fiscal year 2023
| Source | Revenue | Share of total |
|---|---|---|
| Federal | $796.0 thousand | 8.9% |
| State | $7.1 million | 79.6% |
| Local | $1.0 million | 11.6% |
| Total | $9.0 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
3 operational schools, A to Z.
2 more columns on a wider screen
| School | Students |
|---|---|
| Chama Elementary | 52 |
| Escalante Middle/High School | 134 |
| Tierra Amarilla Elementary | 76 |
The district’s entry
- Name as NCES lists it
- CHAMA VALLEY
- 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
- 3500420
Elsewhere
- Public schools in New Mexico — enrollment, teachers and spending across the state, against the nation.
- Every school district in New Mexico — A to Z, each with its page.
- New Mexico on the American Factbook — the state’s entry, across every hub.
Sources
- Common Core of Data (CCD), 2024–25 — National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education · U.S. Government work · retrieved September 25, 2026
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data (CCD), 2024–25.
- School District Finance Survey (F-33), fiscal years 2005 to 2023
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data (CCD), "School District Finance Survey (F-33)," fiscal years 2005 to 2023.
Data retrieved