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Farmington Municipal Schools

Farmington Municipal Schools sits in the lowest third of New Mexico districts on estimated teacher pay at $56,733 (above only 3% of in-state peers with reliable estimates). Per-pupil spending, enrollment, and budget for Farmington Municipal Schools come from the NCES Common Core of Data F-33 finance survey (FY2023).

$56,733
Est. avg teacher salary

Well below benchmark

$13,880
Per-pupil spending
11,201
Students enrolled
3rd
Pct. in NM
$56,733

Farmington Municipal Schools sits in the lowest third of New Mexico districts on estimated teacher pay at $56,733 (above only 3% of in-state peers with reliable estimates). Estimated average teacher salary is $56,733, below the national average of $70,245, serving 11,201 students (NCES CCD F-33, FY2023).

  • Lower-third pay in state: Farmington Municipal Schools sits in the lowest third of New Mexico districts on estimated teacher pay at $56,733 (above only 3% of in-state peers with reliable estimates).
  • 3rd percentile for New Mexico
  • 30th percentile nationally
  • 33% of spending reaches instructional salaries
  • New Mexico ranks #20 of 49 on the salary estimate and #36 of 49 on enrollment in the same reliable-district pool.
  • Farmington Municipal Schools ranks #68 of 70 New Mexico districts by estimated teacher salary and #70 of 70 by per-pupil spending. Penasco Independent Schools pay #1 at $148,037 is not Jal Public Schools spending #1 at $47,829 per pupil
  • +11.6% estimated-basis panel FY2020→FY2023 (not applied to the FTE figure above)

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Instructional payroll mix vs New Mexico median

Among 89 New Mexico districts that break out F-33 program salary totals, Farmington Municipal Schools's instructional payroll puts 22.4% into special education , 5.4 points above the state median of 17.0%. That heavier special-education share usually means more of the teacher-salary pool is tied to IEP-driven staffing than at a typical New Mexico peer.

Program Farmington Municipal NM median Gap
Regular program 70.0% 74.0% -3.9 pp
Special education 22.4% 17.0% +5.4 pp
Vocational programs 0.7% 4.0% -3.3 pp
Other programs 6.9% 3.3% +3.6 pp

Shares are of this district's reported F-33 teacher-salary program totals (Z35–Z38), compared with the median share across 89 in-state peers with a positive program sum. NCES LEAID 3500990 · FY2023.

LEAID 3500990 · NCES CCD F-33 FY2023

Farmington Municipal F-33 compensation desk

SALARY-LOW -18% vs state RANK-ST-LOW P3 in state RANK-NAT-LOW P30 national PPE-LOW $14K/pupil ENR-LARGE 11.2K students INSTR-LOW 33% instr BASIS-FTE FTE-reported PHOTO-NEAR Near Espanola FY-2023-MID FY2023 book

FY2023: $56,733 estimated average teacher salary · P3 in New Mexico · P30 nationally · 33% instructional salary share. Nearest salary peer: Espanola (+$772est. salary).

Salary neighbourhood chart for Farmington Municipal

Salary neighbourhood · Farmington Municipal

Farmington Municipal trails most of its in-state peer set; the chart plots it against the top and bottom pay poles for context (NCES F-33 FY2023, not a full state reprint).

est. salary
Source NCES CCD F-33 Finance Survey As of FY2023
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National salary distribution for Farmington Municipal

Farmington Municipal Schools's estimated salary vs. every US district

NCES F-33 estimate, reliable-salary districts only

$56,733 30th percentile higher than 30% of 10,684 US districts

Show national distribution $30,000–$40,000: 155 US districts (1%). Below this entry. $40,000–$50,000: 1,360 US districts (13%). Below this entry. $50,000–$60,000: 2,382 US districts (22%). This entry sits in this band. $60,000–$70,000: 2,402 US districts (22%). Above this entry. $70,000–$80,000: 1,633 US districts (15%). Above this entry. $80,000–$90,000: 1,097 US districts (10%). Above this entry. $90,000–$100,000: 662 US districts (6%). Above this entry. $100,000–$110,000: 371 US districts (3%). Above this entry. $110,000–$120,000: 249 US districts (2%). Above this entry. $120,000–$130,000: 156 US districts (1%). Above this entry. $130,000–$140,000: 112 US districts (1%). Above this entry. $140,000–$150,000: 57 US districts (1%). Above this entry. $150,000–$160,000: 25 US districts (0%). Above this entry. $160,000–$170,000: 13 US districts (0%). Above this entry. $170,000–$180,000: 10 US districts (0%). Above this entry. $180,000–$190,000: 0 US districts (0%). Above this entry. Farmington Municipal Schools $30,000 $190,000 every reliable-salary US district, bucketed by value

Each bar is a $10K-wide band; taller bars hold more US districts. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.

Source NCES CCD F-33 Finance Survey, FY2023 · FY2023

Farmington Municipal in New Mexico's lower-third pay band

Same 70 districts with a usable salary and a comparable per-pupil figure (NCES F-33 FY2023)

est. avg salary

What this shows Farmington Municipal Schools ranks #68 of 70 New Mexico districts by estimated teacher salary and #70 of 70 by per-pupil spending. Penasco Independent Schools pay #1 at $148,037 is not Jal Public Schools spending #1 at $47,829 per pupil

Source NCES CCD F-33 Finance Survey, FY2023 As of FY2023

The same districts by per-pupil spending

Farmington Municipal Schools is marked; a high spending bar is not a high pay bar

per pupil

What this shows Jal Public Schools leads spending at $47,829 per pupil; Penasco Independent Schools leads pay.

Source NCES CCD F-33 Finance Survey, FY2023 As of FY2023

This pay stretches further than the headline figure suggests

Nominal district estimate
$56,732.683

The FY2023 salary estimate shown in the hero.

New Mexico price level
91.0 / 100

BEA all-items regional price parity; 100 is the U.S. average.

National-price equivalent
$62,357

+10% versus the nominal figure.

Prices in New Mexico run below the national average, so this salary has roughly the buying power of the national-price equivalent above. A district in a costlier state can advertise a larger nominal salary and still leave a teacher with less.

Regional price parity: U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis, 2023 all-items RPP by state. The adjustment applies a statewide index to a district figure, so it captures how New Mexico compares nationally, not how this district compares with others in its own state. Compare every state on this basis.

How this salary figure is calculated
Full NCES reading for Farmington Municipal Schools

What the Numbers Say About Farmington Municipal Schools

Farmington Municipal Schools is a mid-sized school district in New Mexico, serving 11,201 students at an estimated per-pupil spending of $13,880. Estimated average teacher salary, derived from reported teacher salary expenditure (F-33 items Z35-Z38) divided by teacher FTE, is $56,733, placing the district in the lower-spending tier of NCES F-33 respondents. NCES LEAID 3500990 references the FY2023 Common Core of Data Local Education Agency Finance Survey.

Relative to the New Mexico statewide average of $69,282, teacher pay in Farmington Municipal Schools runs materially below the state benchmark, a 18.1% gap, and below the national instructional-salary estimate of $70,245 (19.2% differential). Among enrolling districts in New Mexico, it pays more than 3% of them. New Mexico itself ranks #20 of 49 nationally on average teacher compensation, which shapes the funding ceiling districts operate under.

On the budget side, Farmington Municipal Schools reports $155.5M in total expenditure against $162.1M in revenue, with instructional salaries accounting for 33% of spending, a compensation-to-budget ratio that signals how much of each tax dollar reaches classroom educators. Regular-program teacher salary outlay is $28.9M, special-education teacher pay is $9.3M.

How does Farmington Municipal Schools compare?

Estimated average teacher salary versus a peer district, the New Mexico average, and the national average. Pick any in-state district to compare.

Farmington Municipal Schools $56,733
Albuquerque Public Schools $74,657
New Mexico avg $69,282
National avg $70,245

Farmington Municipal Schools pays -24.0% less than Albuquerque Public Schools · per-pupil $13,880 vs $17,560

Derived from NCES F-33 teacher salary expenditure (Z35-Z38) and CCD Staff Universe teacher FTE (FY2023); a small minority use the documented fallback. Unreliable service entities are excluded.

Data-derived comparison paths

Find comparable New Mexico districts

On pay, Farmington Municipal Schools sits closest to Espanola Public Schools; on per-pupil investment, its nearest match is Rio Rancho Public Schools. These are not simply nearby districts: each group is selected from the same NCES FY2023 dataset using a matching salary or per-pupil-investment signal and a comparable enrollment range.

Closest on estimated pay
  1. Espanola Public Schools
  2. Deming Public Schools
  3. Grants-cibola County Schools
  4. Los Alamos Public Schools
  5. Artesia Public Schools
  6. Alamogordo Public Schools
  7. Clovis Municipal Schools
  8. Santa Fe Public Schools
  9. Rio Rancho Public Schools
  10. Lovington Municipal Schools
  11. Las Cruces Public Schools
Closest on per-pupil investment
  1. Rio Rancho Public Schools
  2. Clovis Municipal Schools
  3. Alamogordo Public Schools
  4. Los Lunas Public Schools
  5. Deming Public Schools
  6. Los Alamos Public Schools
  7. Las Cruces Public Schools
  8. Belen Consolidated Schools
  9. Lovington Municipal Schools
  10. Hobbs Municipal Schools
  11. Artesia Public Schools

Similar estimated teacher pay

Similar per-pupil investment

Out-of-state districts near Farmington Municipal Schools's enrollment scale

Two out-of-state peer sets for Farmington Municipal Schools: closest on enrollment (11,201 students here) and closest on estimated average teacher salary ($56,733 here). Rows stay link-disjoint so each axis is a distinct neighborhood.

Similar enrollment

Nearest other districts by NCES student count (floored at ≥200).

Similar estimated salary

Nearest other districts by F-33-derived average teacher salary, distinct from the enrollment row.

Enrollment and salaries from NCES CCD F-33; estimated teacher pay can diverge widely at the same student count because of state funding, cost of living, and local bargaining.

Revenue & Expenditure

$162.1M
Total Revenue
$155.5M
Total Expenditure
$51.1M
Instruction Salaries
33% of total spending

Instructional Salary by Program

$28.9M
Regular Program
$9.3M
Special Education
$0.3M
Vocational
$2.8M
Other Programs

The teacher salaries behind this page's average are the ones NCES reports for 4 programs in Farmington Municipal Schools: the regular program, special education, vocational programs and other programs. Every program category NCES breaks out separately carries a figure here. Together they are 81% of everything the district spends on instructional salaries; the other 19% pays instructional aides, paraprofessionals, substitutes and other instructional staff who are not counted as teachers here.

New Mexico Teacher Pay Overview

The highest average among comparably sized New Mexico districts belongs to Pecos Independent Schools at $96,768. At the other end, Farmington Municipal Schools anchors the bottom of the 50-district field, so the gap between it and the state's ceiling is close to the full spread the state average is drawn from. Montana and Missouri are the states closest to New Mexico on BEA's price parity, which makes them the fair comparison; against a costlier state this salary goes further than its number suggests.

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Other New Mexico Districts

Large-district sample from 69 New Mexico peers with reliable NCES data; bar length shows pay magnitude within this slice.

Grants-cibola County Schools
$61,566
3,211 students
Espanola Public Schools
$57,505
2,954 students
Bernalillo Public Schools
$71,241
2,786 students
Portales Municipal Schools
$67,016
2,610 students
Bloomfield Schools
$64,668
2,584 students
Aztec Municipal Schools
$68,843
2,562 students

This is a sample of 6 from 69 New Mexico districts with enrollment and salary data reliable enough to compare in the NCES CCD F-33 survey.

Frequently Asked Questions about Farmington Municipal Schools
What is the average teacher salary in Farmington Municipal Schools?

The average teacher salary in Farmington Municipal Schools is $56,733 (NCES CCD FY2023), from reported teacher salary expenditure (F-33 items Z35-Z38) divided by the district's reported teacher headcount (NCES CCD Staff Universe Survey).

How does Farmington Municipal Schools teacher pay compare to the New Mexico average?

Farmington Municipal Schools pays 18.1% less than the New Mexico state average of $69,282. The district's average is $56,733.

How does Farmington Municipal Schools teacher pay compare to the national average?

Farmington Municipal Schools pays 19.2% below the national average of $70,245. The district average is $56,733.

What is the per-pupil spending in Farmington Municipal Schools?

Farmington Municipal Schools spends approximately $13,880 per student annually (NCES FY2023), covering instructional salaries, support services, and administration.

What percentage of Farmington Municipal Schools's budget goes to teacher salaries?

Instructional salaries account for 33% of Farmington Municipal Schools's total expenditure of $155.5M (NCES FY2023).

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According to the NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) F-33 Local Education Agency Finance Survey, PlainTeacher's figures are computed directly, no number is typed in by an editor. Farmington Municipal Schools's salary and finance figures are computed directly from its FY2023 F-33 submission, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error on this page. Data current as of FY2023.