State Profiles of Public Elementary and Secondary Education, 1996-97

Teacher to all other staff ratio

Teacher to administrator ratio

New Mexico New Mexico Department of Education, 300 Don Gaspar, Santa Fe, NM 87501-2786	Download, view and print New Mexico's report as a pdf file. 330KB
Superintendent of Education Superintendent Michael J. Davis, (505) 827-6688
National Cooperative Education Statistics Liaison Henry Borgrink, (505) 827-6526
Common Core of Data Survey Coordinator Henry Borgrink, (505) 827-6526

1987	1996	Demographics
GENERAL CHARACTERISTICS


287,229	332,632	Students in public elementary and secondary schools
648	732	Public schools
15,175	19,971	Teachers in public elementary and secondary schools
121,666	121,666	Land area in square miles
2.4	2.7	Public school students per square mile
0.5	0.6	Public schools per 100 square miles

Figure 1
School-age population in public elementary and secondary schools

1987	1996	Fiscal summary

1,479	1,711	State population (in thousands)
$2,776	$4,734	State revenue per capita
$2,352	$4,081	State expenditure per capita
$583	$861	State expenditure for elem. and secondary education per capita
$74,735	$117,950	Gross state product per school-age child

1987		1996		Distribution of agencies by type
AGENCY/SCHOOL INFORMATION


100%	88	100%	89	Total public education agencies
100.0%	88	100.0%	89	Regular school districts
0.0%	0	0.0%	0	Regional service agencies
0.0%	0	0.0%	0	State-operated agencies
0.0%	0	0.0%	0	Federally operated and other types

1987		1996		Distribution of agencies by number of schools

1.1%	1	1.1%	1	100 or more schools
2.3%	2	3.4%	3	25 to 99 schools
14.8%	13	16.9%	15	10 to 24 schools
27.3%	24	30.3%	27	5 to 9 schools
54.5%	48	48.3%	43	1 to 4 schools
0.0%	0	0.0%	0	No schools reported

Figure 2
Regular school districts by student membership size

1987		1996		Distribution of schools by type

100%	648	100%	732	Total public elementary and secondary schools reported
99.2%	643	94.0%	688	Regular schools
0.2%	1	2.3%	17	Special education schools
0.0%	0	0.0%	0	Vocational schools
0.6%	4	3.7%	27	Other and alternative schools

Figure 3
Distribution of public schools and students by type of locale: 1996-97

Figure 4
Public schools by size of student membership

1987		1996		Number of public schools by grade span category

54.3%	352	51.9%	380	PK, K, 1 to 3, 4, 5, 6
1.4%	9	0.5%	4	PK, K, 1 to 8
10.5%	68	13.7%	100	4, 5, 6, to 6, 7, 8
7.6%	49	5.6%	41	7 to 8, 9
5.4%	35	4.1%	30	7, 8 to 12
13.0%	84	13.9%	102	9, 10, 11 to 12
7.1%	46	9.3%	68	Other grades
0.8%	5	0.8%	6	Ungraded
0.0%	0	0.1%	1	Not reported

1987	1996	Public school membership by grade
STUDENT INFORMATION


—	3,894	Prekindergarten
23,411	24,324	Kindergarten
25,364	26,283	First
23,560	25,132	Second
21,726	24,163	Third
21,293	25,029	Fourth
20,548	23,933	Fifth
19,626	25,474	Sixth
20,290	25,763	Seventh
19,595	26,017	Eighth
21,818	29,906	Ninth
20,032	25,242	Tenth
18,435	21,061	Eleventh
16,946	17,073	Twelfth
14,585	9,338	Ungraded

Figure 5
Public school student membership by racial/ethnic category

1987	1996

—	13.8%	Students in special education with IEPs
—	—	School membership eligible for free lunch
—	30.7%	School-age children below poverty

1987		1995		High school completers and dropouts

77.5%	15,701	85.4%	15,402	Regular diploma
	—		—	Other diploma
22.5%	4,557	13.6%	2,458	High school equivalency
	—	1%	177	Other completers
	—			Dropouts
				Dropouts who were male
				Dropouts who were minority

Figure 6
Grade 8 1996 Mathematics and Science average scale scores for the state (

) and nation (

) and the 25th (

) and 75th (

) percentiles

Grade 4	Grade 8	1996 Mathematics and Science achievement levels

213.8	262.0	Average Mathematics scale score [scale 0 to 500]
49.3%	49.5%	Students below basic level
50.7%	50.5%	Students at or above basic level
12.8%	14.3%	Students at or above proficient level
0.8%	1.6%	Students at advanced level
—	141.1	Average Science scale score [scale 0 to 300]
	50.7%	Students below basic level
	49.3%	Students at or above basic level
	19.3%	Students at or above proficient level
	1.1%	Students at advanced level

1987		1996		Educational staff
STAFF INFORMATION


100%	29,347	100%	40,786	Total education staff
				Instructional staff
51.7%	15,175	49.0%	19,971	Teachers
10.5%	3,070	11.6%	4,723	Instructional aides
				Support staff
1.7%	496	1.6%	650	Guidance counselors/directors
2.2%	639	1.4%	589	Librarians/library support
6.9%	2,029	10.1%	4,116	Administrative support
23.4%	6,871	21.8%	8,873	Other support services
				Administrators
2.5%	726	2.1%	871	School-based
1.2%	341	2.4%	992	School district officials/administrators

Figure 7
Average number of students per teacher, by grade level

Figure 8
Average salary of full-time teachers by years of experience

Figure 9
Distribution of public school teachers by age

1987	1993	Preparation of teachers: highest degree earned

0.1%	0.4%	Public school teachers with no degree
47.2%	53.3%	Public school teachers with a Bachelor's or lower degree
46.8%	43.6%	Public school teachers with a Master's degree
5.8%	2.7%	Public school teachers with a degree beyond Master's

FY88	FY97	Federal aid to education under selected programs (in thousands of current dollars)
FISCAL INFORMATION


$28,053	$47,855	National school lunch
$3,807	$12,137	National school breakfast
$30,206	$62,926	Title I
$11,388	$29,718	Education for the handicapped
$6,945	$12,088	Vocational and adult education
$5,028	$16,955	School improvement
$37,834	$50,118	School assistance (federally affected areas)
$6,328	$4,174	Bilingual education
$4,338	$135	Indian education

Figure 10
Revenues by source

Figure 11
Current expenditures by function

FY88	FY97	Revenues and expenditures (in current dollars)

$1,028,708	$1,829,725	Revenues (in thousands of dollars)
$3,581	$5,501	Revenue per pupil in membership
$916,305	$1,557,376	Current expenditures (in thousands of dollars)
$3,190	$4,682	Current expenditure per pupil in membership