Des Moines
A public school district in Des Moines, New Mexico, with 2 operational schools in 2024–25.
The district in 2024–25
- 132
- Students enrolled
- 16.7
- Teachers, full-time equivalent
- Derived by NCES from the state’s counts.
- 30.8
- All staff, full-time equivalent
- $24,675
- Spending per pupil, fiscal year 2023
- Current expenditure over fall membership, both as the district reported them.
How this compares
- Students enrolled: 132 in 2024–25
- Ranks 15,991st of 17,800 districts by enrollment, and 125th of 153 in New Mexico. Larger than 10% of the 17,800 districts in the fifty states and DC that report an enrollment. The ranking →
- Current spending per pupil: $24,675 in fiscal year 2023
- More than 86% 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
Des Moines spent $24,675 per pupil in fiscal year 2023, against $15,000 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 | $24,675 | $3.0 million | 120 |
| FY2022 | $25,784 | $2.5 million | 97 |
| FY2021 | $25,022 | $2.3 million | 92 |
| FY2020 | $22,958 | $2.2 million | 95 |
| FY2019 | $24,303 | $2.2 million | 89 |
| FY2018 | $23,333 | $2.1 million | 90 |
| FY2017 | $21,979 | $2.1 million | 96 |
| FY2016 | $22,175 | $2.2 million | 97 |
| FY2015 | $29,506 | $2.4 million | 83 |
| FY2014 | $23,326 | $2.1 million | 89 |
| FY2013 | $22,372 | $1.9 million | 86 |
| FY2012 | $23,000 | $1.8 million | 79 |
| FY2011 | $24,635 | $1.8 million | 74 |
| FY2010 | $19,773 | $1.9 million | 97 |
| FY2009 | $24,122 | $2.0 million | 82 |
| FY2008 | $21,032 | $2.0 million | 94 |
| FY2007 | $15,762 | $2.0 million | 130 |
| FY2006 | $13,669 | $1.9 million | 142 |
| FY2005 | $15,000 | $1.8 million | 118 |
Revenue by source, fiscal year 2023
| Source | Revenue | Share of total |
|---|---|---|
| Federal | $298.0 thousand | 8.1% |
| State | $2.8 million | 75.4% |
| Local | $611.0 thousand | 16.5% |
| Total | $3.7 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
2 operational schools, A to Z.
2 more columns on a wider screen
| School | Students |
|---|---|
| Des Moines Elementary | 82 |
| Des Moines High | 50 |
The district’s entry
- Name as NCES lists it
- DES MOINES
- 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
- 3500720
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