| Rank | Average Public Assistance Income per Household ▼ | School District / Population |
| 1. | $24,129 | Vaughn Municipal Schools / 426 |
| 2. | $15,767 | Melrose Public Schools / 1,358 |
| 3. | $12,213 | Hondo Valley Public Schools / 970 |
| 4. | $8,245 | Taos Municipal Schools / 24,280 |
| 5. | $8,224 | Dexter Consolidated Schools / 3,528 |
| 6. | $6,550 | Roy Municipal Schools / 392 |
| 7. | $5,620 | Bloomfield Municipal Schools / 16,939 |
| 8. | $5,076 | Moriarty Municipal Schools / 20,855 |
| 9. | $4,949 | Mesa Vista Consolidated Schools / 2,432 |
| 10. | $4,706 | Belen Consolidated Schools / 28,555 |
| 11. | $4,694 | Gallup-Mckinley County Schools / 58,614 |
| 12. | $4,511 | Zuni Public Schools / 11,774 |
| 13. | $4,495 | Pecos Independent Schools / 4,055 |
| 14. | $4,326 | Los Alamos Public Schools / 18,431 |
| 15. | $4,223 | Tucumcari Public Schools / 6,654 |
| 16. | $4,185 | Dulce Independent Schools / 3,399 |
| 17. | $3,902 | Cuba Independent Schools / 3,760 |
| 18. | $3,795 | Santa Fe Public Schools / 120,927 |
| 19. | $3,664 | West Las Vegas Public Schools / 10,811 |
| 20. | $3,663 | San Jon Municipal Schools / 626 |
| 21. | $3,575 | Central Consolidated Schools / 31,955 |
| 22. | $3,527 | Deming Public Schools / 26,724 |
| 23. | $3,416 | Socorro Consolidated Schools / 13,018 |
| 24. | $3,169 | Los Lunas Public Schools / 44,859 |
| 25. | $3,148 | Gadsden Independent Schools / 56,503 |
| 26. | $3,074 | Espanola Municipal Schools / 35,437 |
| 27. | $2,900 | Las Cruces Public Schools / 142,333 |
| 28. | $2,827 | Bernalillo Public Schools / 23,280 |
| 29. | $2,786 | Cimarron Public Schools / 3,200 |
| 30. | $2,740 | Pojoaque Valley Public Schools / 9,029 |
| 31. | $2,732 | Rio Rancho Public Schools / 76,847 |
| 32. | $2,726 | Roswell Independent Schools / 55,503 |
| 33. | $2,592 | Farmington Municipal Schools / 57,531 |
| 34. | $2,589 | Mora Independent Schools / 4,077 |
| 35. | $2,550 | Jal Public Schools / 1,916 |
| 36. | $2,533 | Cobre Consolidated Schools / 8,076 |
| 37. | $2,508 | Quemado Independent Schools / 1,589 |
| 38. | $2,504 | Albuquerque Public Schools / 631,595 |
| 39. | $2,475 | Hobbs Municipal Schools / 38,233 |
| 40. | $2,444 | Ruidoso Municipal Schools / 13,858 |
| 41. | $2,426 | Portales Municipal Schools / 16,924 |
| 42. | $2,348 | Chama Valley Independent Schools / 2,940 |
| 43. | $2,346 | Grants-Cibola County Schools / 27,013 |
| 44. | $2,313 | Hatch Valley Municipal Schools / 4,705 |
| 45. | $2,300 | Jemez Mountain Public Schools / 1,803 |
| 46. | $2,295 | Clovis Municipal Schools / 41,923 |
| 47. | $2,269 | Loving Municipal Schools / 1,934 |
| 48. | $1,956 | Lordsburg Municipal Schools / 3,891 |
| 49. | $1,926 | Alamogordo Public Schools / 46,338 |
| 50. | $1,831 | Mountainair Public Schools / 1,722 |
| 51. | $1,812 | Magdalena Municipal Schools / 2,531 |
| 52. | $1,810 | Tularosa Municipal Schools / 8,883 |
| 53. | $1,803 | Lovington Public Schools / 13,566 |
| 54. | $1,781 | Penasco Independent Schools / 2,819 |
| 55. | $1,772 | Silver City Consolidated Schools / 21,647 |
| 56. | $1,614 | Carrizozo Municipal Schools / 1,808 |
| 57. | $1,545 | Reserve Independent Schools / 1,928 |
| 58. | $1,530 | Artesia Public Schools / 16,315 |
| 59. | $1,436 | Fort Sumner Municipal Schools / 1,934 |
| 60. | $1,373 | Carlsbad Municipal Schools / 33,224 |
| 61. | $1,325 | Maxwell Municipal Schools / 344 |
| 61. | $1,325 | Las Vegas City Public Schools / 13,582 |
| 63. | $1,300 | Floyd Municipal Schools / 586 |
| 64. | $1,200 | Dora Consolidated Schools / 940 |
| 65. | $1,157 | Capitan Municipal Schools / 3,827 |
| 66. | $1,057 | Springer Municipal Schools / 1,840 |
| 67. | $970 | Tatum Municipal Schools / 1,227 |
| 68. | $945 | Questa Independent Schools / 4,238 |
| 69. | $938 | Aztec Municipal Schools / 16,045 |
| 70. | $886 | Clayton Public Schools / 3,086 |
| 71. | $866 | Raton Public Schools / 7,773 |
| 72. | $838 | Jemez Valley Public Schools / 5,100 |
| 73. | $709 | Truth or Consequences Schools / 12,645 |
| 74. | $583 | Animas Public Schools / 1,110 |
| 75. | $500 | Logan Municipal Schools / 1,167 |
| 76. | $493 | Hagerman Municipal Schools / 2,491 |
| 77. | $200 | Grady Municipal Schools / 391 |
| 78. | $175 | Texico Municipal Schools / 1,536 |
| 79. | $100 | Lake Arthur Municipal Schools / 667 |
Please note that we only rank locations with 'Average Public Assistance Income per Household' data. The rank above might not be a complete list. Locations without 'Average Public Assistance Income per Household' data are not listed.
*ACS stands for U.S. Census American Community Survey. According to the U.S. Census, if the date is a range, you can interpret the data as an average of the period of time.
