Portales
A public school district in Portales, New Mexico, with 6 operational schools in 2024–25.
The district in 2024–25
- 2,519
- Students enrolled
- 217
- Teachers, full-time equivalent
- Derived by NCES from the state’s counts.
- 471.7
- All staff, full-time equivalent
- $15,691
- Spending per pupil, fiscal year 2023
- Current expenditure over fall membership, both as the district reported them.
How this compares
- Students enrolled: 2,519 in 2024–25
- Ranks 3,818th of 17,800 districts by enrollment, and 23rd of 153 in New Mexico. Larger than 78% of the 17,800 districts in the fifty states and DC that report an enrollment. The ranking →
- Current spending per pupil: $15,691 in fiscal year 2023
- More than 50% 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
Portales spent $15,691 per pupil in fiscal year 2023, against $7,513 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 | $15,691 | $41.0 million | 2,610 |
| FY2022 | $13,291 | $35.3 million | 2,659 |
| FY2021 | $12,672 | $33.2 million | 2,617 |
| FY2020 | $11,557 | $31.8 million | 2,750 |
| FY2019 | $10,355 | $28.4 million | 2,746 |
| FY2018 | $9,494 | $26.5 million | 2,787 |
| FY2017 | $9,667 | $27.2 million | 2,817 |
| FY2016 | $9,689 | $27.3 million | 2,822 |
| FY2015 | $9,843 | $28.0 million | 2,847 |
| FY2014 | $10,054 | $29.0 million | 2,887 |
| FY2013 | $9,232 | $27.1 million | 2,940 |
| FY2012 | $8,897 | $27.0 million | 3,038 |
| FY2011 | $8,975 | $27.7 million | 3,081 |
| FY2010 | $9,136 | $26.8 million | 2,931 |
| FY2009 | $9,545 | $26.7 million | 2,799 |
| FY2008 | $9,125 | $25.6 million | 2,806 |
| FY2007 | $8,530 | $24.2 million | 2,841 |
| FY2006 | $8,521 | $24.3 million | 2,856 |
| FY2005 | $7,513 | $22.0 million | 2,931 |
Revenue by source, fiscal year 2023
| Source | Revenue | Share of total |
|---|---|---|
| Federal | $9.3 million | 20.5% |
| State | $31.4 million | 69.2% |
| Local | $4.7 million | 10.3% |
| Total | $45.4 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 |
|---|---|
| Brown Early Childhood Center | 332 |
| James Elementary | 364 |
| Lindsey-Steiner Elementary | 376 |
| Portales High | 754 |
| Portales Junior High | 326 |
| Valencia Elementary | 366 |
The district’s entry
- Name as NCES lists it
- PORTALES
- 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
- 3502100
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