Legislative & Community Relations Bureau
Frequently Asked Questions about the New Mexico Public Education Department

Public School Demographics

• How can I access demographic information on New Mexico’s public schools?  What types of information are provided?  Is information available by school district?

You can access information on district demographics by clicking http://www.ped.state.nm.us/IT/schoolFactSheets.html.  The information contained in individual fact sheets, by year, addresses the following:

• Enrollment by School District
• Enrollment by District and Grade
• Enrollment by School
• Enrollment by Gender
• Enrollment by Ethnicity
• Student Teacher Ratio
• Free/Reduced Lunch
• High School Graduates
• High School Graduates by Ethnicity and Gender
• Percent of Poverty by District
• Number of Public School Sites
• Public School Calendar Dates
• District Personnel by Ethnicity & Gender
• District Personnel by Experience & Average Salary