Regular local school district · Catron County
Quemado School District, NM: schools, enrollment and spending
Quemado School District runs 3 public schools with 170 students in grades PK to 12. Its ratio of 11.3 students per teacher is 1.9 lower than the New Mexico figure of 13.2.Listed in NCES data as "QUEMADO".
At a glance
- Schools
- 3
- Students
- 170
- Teachers (FTE)
- 15
- Students per teacher
- 11.3
- NM: 13.2 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 3484 Hwy 60, Quemado, NM 87829
- Phone
- (575)773-4700
- County
- Catron County
- Locale
- Rural: Remote
- Grades offered
- PK to 12
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 3502130
- State district ID
- NM-35003000
- Total staff (FTE)
- 30
- School administrators (FTE)
- 0.0
Students per teacher compared
This district11.3
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 (165), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $4.1 million
- Federal revenue
- $1.2 million
- State revenue
- $2.4 million
- Local revenue
- $485,000
- Total spending
- $4.0 million
- Spending per pupil
- $24,303
- Salaries
- $1.9 million46.8% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $900,000
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 29.2%
- State: 59.0%
- Local: 11.8%
New Mexico overall
- Federal: 13.2%
- State: 70.6%
- Local: 16.2%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$24,303
New Mexico$14,192
United States$16,826
Schools in Quemado School District
By level: 1 high, 2 elementary. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| Datil ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | K to 6 | 16 | |
| Quemado ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | PK to 6 | 73 | 9.1 |
| Quemado HighCEP school | High | 7 to 12 | 81 | 13.5 |
Nearby and related
Other districts in Catron County
- Reserve School District 97 students
More in New Mexico
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.