Silver City
A public school district in Silver City, New Mexico, with 9 operational schools in 2024–25.
The district in 2024–25
- 2,108
- Students enrolled
- 156.9
- Teachers, full-time equivalent
- Derived by NCES from the state’s counts.
- 349.8
- All staff, full-time equivalent
- $16,057
- Spending per pupil, fiscal year 2023
- Current expenditure over fall membership, both as the district reported them.
How this compares
- Students enrolled: 2,108 in 2024–25
- Ranks 4,371st of 17,800 districts by enrollment, and 29th of 153 in New Mexico. Larger than 75% of the 17,800 districts in the fifty states and DC that report an enrollment. The ranking →
- Current spending per pupil: $16,057 in fiscal year 2023
- More than 53% 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
Silver City spent $16,057 per pupil in fiscal year 2023, against $7,986 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 | $16,057 | $36.5 million | 2,273 |
| FY2022 | $13,911 | $32.1 million | 2,306 |
| FY2021 | $11,852 | $27.4 million | 2,314 |
| FY2020 | $11,461 | $28.9 million | 2,521 |
| FY2019 | $11,119 | $27.6 million | 2,482 |
| FY2018 | $10,297 | $26.6 million | 2,580 |
| FY2017 | $10,124 | $27.7 million | 2,735 |
| FY2016 | $9,865 | $28.4 million | 2,876 |
| FY2015 | $10,226 | $29.9 million | 2,920 |
| FY2014 | $10,501 | $31.9 million | 3,037 |
| FY2013 | $9,037 | $27.8 million | 3,077 |
| FY2012 | $8,851 | $27.1 million | 3,061 |
| FY2011 | $9,183 | $28.0 million | 3,044 |
| FY2010 | $9,710 | $30.7 million | 3,163 |
| FY2009 | $9,405 | $30.7 million | 3,263 |
| FY2008 | $9,172 | $29.4 million | 3,204 |
| FY2007 | $9,056 | $29.1 million | 3,215 |
| FY2006 | $8,390 | $28.0 million | 3,338 |
| FY2005 | $7,986 | $25.8 million | 3,236 |
Revenue by source, fiscal year 2023
| Source | Revenue | Share of total |
|---|---|---|
| Federal | $7.3 million | 18.0% |
| State | $28.0 million | 69.0% |
| Local | $5.3 million | 13.0% |
| Total | $40.6 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
9 operational schools, A to Z.
2 more columns on a wider screen
| School | Students |
|---|---|
| Cliff Elementary | 92 |
| Cliff High | 95 |
| G.w.stout Elementary | 334 |
| Harrison Schmitt Elementary | 337 |
| Jose Barrios Elementary | 199 |
| LA Plata Middle | 259 |
| Silver High | 618 |
| Silver Scholars Academy | 43 |
| Sixth Street Elementary | 123 |
The district’s entry
- Name as NCES lists it
- SILVER CITY
- 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
- 3502430
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