Regular local school district · Doña Ana County
Gadsden School District, NM: schools, enrollment and spending
Gadsden School District runs 26 public schools with 11,739 students in grades PK to 12. Its ratio of 13.5 students per teacher is about the same as the New Mexico figure of 13.2.Listed in NCES data as "GADSDEN".
At a glance
- Schools
- 26
- Students
- 11,739
- Teachers (FTE)
- 872
- Students per teacher
- 13.5
- NM: 13.2 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 6308 Highway 28, Anthony, NM 88021
- Phone
- (575)882-6203
- County
- Doña Ana County
- Locale
- Rural: Fringe
- Grades offered
- PK to 12
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 3501080
- State district ID
- NM-35019000
- Total staff (FTE)
- 2,141
- School counselors (FTE)
- 37.0About 317 students per counselor.
- School administrators (FTE)
- 66.0
Students per teacher compared
This district13.5
New Mexico13.2
United States15.3
2020 finance data
From the F-33 School District Finance Survey for fiscal year 2020, in nominal dollars. Enrollment used for per-pupil figures is the finance survey count (12,844), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $182.8 million
- Federal revenue
- $28.9 million
- State revenue
- $134.9 million
- Local revenue
- $19.0 million
- Total spending
- $174.8 million
- Spending per pupil
- $13,613
- Salaries
- $89.0 million50.9% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $69.5 million
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 15.8%
- State: 73.8%
- Local: 10.4%
New Mexico overall
- Federal: 13.2%
- State: 70.6%
- Local: 16.2%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$13,613
New Mexico$14,192
United States$16,826
Schools in Gadsden School District
By level: 5 high, 3 middle, 14 elementary, 4 prekindergarten. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| Alta Vista Early College High SchoolCEP school | High | 9 to 12 | 180 | 10.0 |
| Anthony ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | PK to 6 | 163 | 10.2 |
| Anthony On-Track Prek CenterCEP school | Prekindergarten | PK | 136 | 11.3 |
| Berino ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | PK to 6 | 300 | 10.7 |
| Chaparral ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | PK to 6 | 437 | 12.9 |
| Chaparral HighCEP school | High | 9 to 12 | 1,067 | 15.5 |
| Chaparral MiddleCEP school | Middle | 7 to 8 | 546 | 13.3 |
| Chaparral On-Track Prek CenterCEP school | Prekindergarten | PK | 160 | 16.0 |
| Desert Pride AcademyCEP school | High | 7 to 12 | 221 | 11.6 |
| Desert Trail ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | PK to 6 | 479 | 14.5 |
| Desert View ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | PK to 6 | 524 | 15.0 |
| Gadsden Admin Complex Prek CenterCEP school | Prekindergarten | PK | 135 | 11.2 |
| Gadsden ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | PK to 6 | 379 | 14.0 |
| Gadsden HighCEP school | High | 9 to 12 | 1,219 | 15.0 |
| Gadsden MiddleCEP school | Middle | 7 to 8 | 650 | 13.5 |
| LA Mesa on Track Prek CenterCEP school | Prekindergarten | PK | 91 | 7.6 |
| LA Union ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | PK to 6 | 340 | 14.2 |
| Loma Linda ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | PK to 6 | 398 | 13.3 |
| North Valley ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | PK to 6 | 338 | 10.9 |
| Riverside ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | PK to 6 | 550 | 13.4 |
| Santa Teresa ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | PK to 6 | 484 | 12.7 |
| Santa Teresa HighCEP school | High | 9 to 12 | 1,154 | 15.2 |
| Santa Teresa MiddleCEP school | Middle | 7 to 8 | 528 | 13.9 |
| Sunrise ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | PK to 6 | 406 | 12.3 |
| Vado ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | PK to 6 | 415 | 12.6 |
| Yucca Heights ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | K to 6 | 439 | 15.1 |
Nearby and related
Other districts in Doña Ana County
- Las Cruces School District 22,782 students
- Hatch Valley School District 1,146 students
- Explore Academy Las Cruces 599 students
- New America School - Las Cruces 225 students
- Las Montanas Charter 201 students
- J Paul Taylor Academy 200 students
- Raices del Saber Xinachtli Community 122 students
- Alma D'Arte Charter 63 students
- LA Academia Dolores Huerta
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Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 and F-33 finance 2020, via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. Last reviewed October 2026. Finance figures are 2020 finance data in nominal dollars, not adjusted for inflation. Blank values are not available, not applicable or suppressed in the source. See the methodology.