Regular local school district · Otero County
Tularosa School District, NM: schools, enrollment and spending
Tularosa School District runs 4 public schools with 966 students in grades PK to 12. Its ratio of 13.4 students per teacher is about the same as the New Mexico figure of 13.2.Listed in NCES data as "TULAROSA".
At a glance
- Schools
- 4
- Students
- 966
- Teachers (FTE)
- 72
- Students per teacher
- 13.4
- NM: 13.2 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 504 First St, Tularosa, NM 88352
- Phone
- (575)585-8800
- County
- Otero County
- Locale
- Rural: Distant
- Grades offered
- PK to 12
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 3502670
- State district ID
- NM-35047000
- Total staff (FTE)
- 146
- School counselors (FTE)
- 2.0About 483 students per counselor.
- School administrators (FTE)
- 4.0
Students per teacher compared
This district13.4
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 (812), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $13.6 million
- Federal revenue
- $2.3 million
- State revenue
- $10.1 million
- Local revenue
- $1.2 million
- Total spending
- $12.7 million
- Spending per pupil
- $15,691
- Salaries
- $6.4 million50.4% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $6.3 million
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 17.1%
- State: 74.1%
- Local: 8.8%
New Mexico overall
- Federal: 13.2%
- State: 70.6%
- Local: 16.2%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$15,691
New Mexico$14,192
United States$16,826
Schools in Tularosa School District
By level: 1 high, 1 middle, 2 elementary. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| Tularosa ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | PK to 2 | 230 | 13.5 |
| Tularosa HighCEP school | High | 9 to 12 | 303 | 13.2 |
| Tularosa IntermediateCEP school | Elementary | 3 to 6 | 210 | 19.1 |
| Tularosa MiddleCEP school | Middle | 7 to 8 | 140 | 8.8 |
Nearby and related
Other districts in Otero County
- Alamogordo School District 5,251 students
- Cloudcroft School District 429 students
- Nm School for the Blind and Visually Impaired 45 students
- Sacramento School of Engineering and Science
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.