Regular local school district · Grant County
Silver City School District, NM: schools, enrollment and spending
Silver City School District runs 9 public schools with 2,108 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 "SILVER CITY".
At a glance
- Schools
- 9
- Students
- 2,108
- Teachers (FTE)
- 156
- Students per teacher
- 13.5
- NM: 13.2 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 2810 N. Swan Street, Silver City, NM 88061
- Phone
- (575)956-2000
- County
- Grant County
- Locale
- Town: Remote
- Grades offered
- PK to 12
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 3502430
- State district ID
- NM-35023000
- Total staff (FTE)
- 349
- School counselors (FTE)
- 8.0About 264 students per counselor.
- School administrators (FTE)
- 6.0
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 (2,314), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $30.4 million
- Federal revenue
- $3.8 million
- State revenue
- $23.8 million
- Local revenue
- $2.7 million
- Total spending
- $34.8 million
- Spending per pupil
- $15,022
- Salaries
- $16.7 million48.1% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $16.6 million
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 12.5%
- State: 78.5%
- Local: 8.9%
New Mexico overall
- Federal: 13.2%
- State: 70.6%
- Local: 16.2%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$15,022
New Mexico$14,192
United States$16,826
Schools in Silver City School District
By level: 2 high, 1 middle, 5 elementary, 1 prekindergarten. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| Cliff ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | PK to 6 | 92 | 10.2 |
| Cliff HighCEP school | High | 7 to 12 | 95 | 7.9 |
| G.W.Stout ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | 1 to 6 | 334 | 15.9 |
| Harrison Schmitt ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | 1 to 6 | 337 | 13.5 |
| Jose Barrios ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | 1 to 6 | 199 | 13.3 |
| LA Plata MiddleCEP school | Middle | 7 to 8 | 259 | 11.8 |
| Silver HighCEP school | High | 9 to 12 | 618 | 19.3 |
| Silver Scholars AcademyCEP school | Prekindergarten | PK | 43 | 8.6 |
| Sixth Street ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | K | 123 | 13.7 |
Nearby and related
Other districts in Grant County
- Cobre School District 939 students
- Aldo Leopold Charter 201 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.