Tucumcari
A public school district in Tucumcari, New Mexico, with 3 operational schools in 2024–25.
The district in 2024–25
- 911
- Students enrolled
- 62.7
- Teachers, full-time equivalent
- Derived by NCES from the state’s counts.
- 130.8
- All staff, full-time equivalent
- $15,530
- Spending per pupil, fiscal year 2023
- Current expenditure over fall membership, both as the district reported them.
How this compares
- Students enrolled: 911 in 2024–25
- Ranks 7,898th of 17,800 districts by enrollment, and 44th of 153 in New Mexico. Larger than 55% of the 17,800 districts in the fifty states and DC that report an enrollment. The ranking →
- Current spending per pupil: $15,530 in fiscal year 2023
- More than 49% 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
Tucumcari spent $15,530 per pupil in fiscal year 2023, against $8,458 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 | $15,530 | $14.1 million | 907 |
| FY2022 | $14,218 | $12.7 million | 891 |
| FY2021 | $13,043 | $11.4 million | 877 |
| FY2020 | $12,061 | $11.4 million | 949 |
| FY2019 | $10,859 | $10.4 million | 959 |
| FY2018 | $10,248 | $10.0 million | 972 |
| FY2017 | $10,858 | $10.5 million | 967 |
| FY2016 | $11,525 | $11.0 million | 955 |
| FY2015 | $11,453 | $10.9 million | 951 |
| FY2014 | $10,926 | $10.8 million | 993 |
| FY2013 | $9,870 | $10.2 million | 1,035 |
| FY2012 | $10,096 | $10.8 million | 1,065 |
| FY2011 | $9,970 | $10.9 million | 1,095 |
| FY2010 | $10,732 | $11.7 million | 1,092 |
| FY2009 | $10,426 | $11.3 million | 1,082 |
| FY2008 | $9,969 | $10.6 million | 1,066 |
| FY2007 | $9,459 | $10.2 million | 1,073 |
| FY2006 | $8,856 | $9.8 million | 1,104 |
| FY2005 | $8,458 | $9.6 million | 1,132 |
Revenue by source, fiscal year 2023
| Source | Revenue | Share of total |
|---|---|---|
| Federal | $4.5 million | 25.1% |
| State | $11.2 million | 62.5% |
| Local | $2.2 million | 12.4% |
| Total | $17.8 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 |
|---|---|
| Tucumcari Elementary | 451 |
| Tucumcari High | 247 |
| Tucumcari Middle | 213 |
The district’s entry
- Name as NCES lists it
- TUCUMCARI
- 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
- 3502640
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