Cobre
A public school district in Bayard, New Mexico, with 6 operational schools in 2024–25.
The district in 2024–25
- 939
- Students enrolled
- 78.8
- Teachers, full-time equivalent
- Derived by NCES from the state’s counts.
- 168
- All staff, full-time equivalent
- $22,582
- Spending per pupil, fiscal year 2023
- Current expenditure over fall membership, both as the district reported them.
How this compares
- Students enrolled: 939 in 2024–25
- Ranks 7,752nd of 17,800 districts by enrollment, and 43rd of 153 in New Mexico. Larger than 56% of the 17,800 districts in the fifty states and DC that report an enrollment. The ranking →
- Current spending per pupil: $22,582 in fiscal year 2023
- More than 81% 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
Cobre spent $22,582 per pupil in fiscal year 2023, against $10,020 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 | $22,582 | $23.1 million | 1,023 |
| FY2022 | $17,768 | $19.2 million | 1,079 |
| FY2021 | $17,298 | $18.6 million | 1,074 |
| FY2020 | $15,158 | $18.6 million | 1,226 |
| FY2019 | $14,359 | $18.0 million | 1,255 |
| FY2018 | $12,261 | $15.9 million | 1,293 |
| FY2017 | $12,318 | $16.0 million | 1,297 |
| FY2016 | $12,450 | $15.8 million | 1,266 |
| FY2015 | $12,746 | $16.8 million | 1,318 |
| FY2014 | $13,120 | $17.0 million | 1,297 |
| FY2013 | $11,990 | $15.6 million | 1,297 |
| FY2012 | $11,602 | $15.5 million | 1,339 |
| FY2011 | $12,153 | $16.5 million | 1,355 |
| FY2010 | $12,718 | $17.6 million | 1,381 |
| FY2009 | $12,564 | $18.0 million | 1,435 |
| FY2008 | $11,821 | $16.7 million | 1,410 |
| FY2007 | $11,154 | $16.0 million | 1,435 |
| FY2006 | $10,880 | $15.5 million | 1,428 |
| FY2005 | $10,020 | $14.9 million | 1,486 |
Revenue by source, fiscal year 2023
| Source | Revenue | Share of total |
|---|---|---|
| Federal | $5.2 million | 21.2% |
| State | $16.8 million | 68.6% |
| Local | $2.5 million | 10.3% |
| Total | $24.5 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
6 operational schools, A to Z.
2 more columns on a wider screen
| School | Students |
|---|---|
| Bayard Elementary | 156 |
| Central Elementary | 133 |
| Cobre High | 257 |
| Hurley Elementary | 114 |
| San Lorenzo Elementary | 78 |
| Snell Middle | 201 |
The district’s entry
- Name as NCES lists it
- COBRE
- 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
- 3500600
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.
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