New Mexico: the counties with the highest student-to-teacher ratios

25 counties

New Mexico public school districts ranked by the highest county-wide student-to-teacher ratio. Counties need at least 3 schools and 1,000 students to qualify.

#	County	State	Schools	Students	Ratio
1	Valencia County	NM	27	11,956	17.2:1
2	Lea County	NM	38	15,126	15.9:1
3	Sandoval County	NM	48	22,445	15.8:1
4	Eddy County	NM	25	11,661	15.6:1
5	San Juan County	NM	61	21,309	14.4:1
6	Sierra County	NM	5	1,246	14.2:1
7	Curry County	NM	27	8,777	14.0:1
8	Luna County	NM	13	5,116	14.0:1
9	Santa Fe County	NM	52	20,719	14.0:1
10	San Miguel County	NM	18	3,156	13.5:1
11	Otero County	NM	25	7,639	13.4:1
12	Torrance County	NM	11	2,258	13.0:1
13	Chaves County	NM	32	10,504	12.9:1
14	Los Alamos County	NM	8	3,971	12.9:1
15	Grant County	NM	16	3,240	12.7:1
16	Socorro County	NM	11	2,135	12.5:1
17	Taos County	NM	22	3,727	12.5:1
18	Bernalillo County	NM	203	85,724	12.3:1
19	Doña Ana County	NM	77	36,561	12.1:1
20	Lincoln County	NM	14	2,601	11.7:1
21	Rio Arriba County	NM	27	3,127	11.7:1
22	Quay County	NM	13	1,405	11.1:1
23	Roosevelt County	NM	13	3,108	10.5:1
24	Cibola County	NM	17	3,854	10.4:1
25	Colfax County	NM	16	1,378	10.2:1

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