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BELEN

Belen, New Mexico · Public School District · Open

Key statistics

3,500
Students enrolled
10
Public schools
234
Classroom teachers (FTE)
15.0:1
Students per teacher

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data. School year: 2024-25.

Students

By grade

  • Pre-K 61
  • Kindergarten 228
  • Grade 1 255
  • Grade 2 260
  • Grade 3 287
  • Grade 4 238
  • Grade 5 284
  • Grade 6 291
  • Grade 7 233
  • Grade 8 293
  • Grade 9 249
  • Grade 10 300
  • Grade 11 264
  • Grade 12 257

By race/ethnicity

  • Hispanic/Latino 79%
  • White 17%
  • American Indian or Alaska Native 2%
  • Two or more races 2%
  • Black or African American <1%
  • Asian <1%

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data (fall membership), school year 2024-25. Race/ethnicity as reported by the state.

Free and reduced-price lunch

100% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch 3,497 of 3,500 students in the district's schools
  • Free lunch 100%
  • Reduced-price lunch 0%

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data, school year 2024-25. Eligibility as reported by the state. Schools that serve free meals to every student may count all of them as eligible, so figures are not comparable from state to state.

Spending and revenue

$17,283 spent per student on day-to-day operations New Mexico median: $18,464 per student

Spending per student

  • Instruction $8,594
  • Support services $7,836
  • Other (food service, etc.) $853

Where the money comes from

  • Local 14%
  • State 66%
  • Federal 20%

Total revenue $78.4 milliontotal spending $66.8 million

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, School District Finance Survey (F-33), school year 2023-24. Day-to-day spending is NCES's current expenditures: it leaves out construction, equipment, debt and payments to charter or private schools. Per student is per fall enrollment of that year.

District details

Grades served

PK to 12

Locale (NCES)

Suburb: SmallStudents: 71% suburb, 29% rural

Total staff (FTE)

588

District office

520 NORTH MAIN ST, Belen NM 87002

County

Valencia County

Official website

NCES District ID

3500180

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About BELEN

Description provided by the district or community — not part of the NCES dataset.

To help students acquire the knowledge, skills and character to become productive adults, deal effectively with change, and have a positive impact on their community
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