| Rank | Average Public Assistance Income per Household ▼ | School District / Population |
| 1. | $25,320 | Vaughn Municipal Schools / 660 |
| 2. | $7,391 | Tucumcari Public Schools / 6,665 |
| 3. | $5,534 | Dexter Consolidated Schools / 4,506 |
| 4. | $5,451 | Central Consolidated Schools / 32,716 |
| 5. | $5,263 | Zuni Public Schools / 11,401 |
| 6. | $5,261 | Cuba Independent Schools / 3,791 |
| 7. | $5,171 | Gallup-Mckinley County Schools / 60,487 |
| 8. | $5,130 | Los Alamos Public Schools / 18,008 |
| 9. | $5,087 | Moriarty Municipal Schools / 23,651 |
| 10. | $4,450 | Clayton Public Schools / 3,685 |
| 11. | $4,357 | Mora Independent Schools / 3,746 |
| 12. | $4,224 | Pojoaque Valley Public Schools / 10,037 |
| 13. | $4,068 | Bernalillo Public Schools / 25,382 |
| 14. | $4,017 | West Las Vegas Public Schools / 10,042 |
| 15. | $3,996 | Grants-Cibola County Schools / 27,245 |
| 16. | $3,911 | Santa Fe Public Schools / 118,011 |
| 17. | $3,885 | Magdalena Municipal Schools / 2,141 |
| 18. | $3,872 | Farmington Municipal Schools / 62,689 |
| 19. | $3,800 | Mosquero Municipal Schools / 246 |
| 20. | $3,759 | Tularosa Municipal Schools / 8,617 |
| 21. | $3,609 | Quemado Independent Schools / 1,520 |
| 22. | $3,575 | Truth or Consequences Schools / 11,956 |
| 23. | $3,545 | Cimarron Public Schools / 3,772 |
| 24. | $3,504 | Santa Rosa Consolidated Schools / 4,253 |
| 25. | $3,416 | Los Lunas Public Schools / 48,847 |
| 26. | $3,385 | Des Moines Municipal Schools / 775 |
| 27. | $3,346 | Belen Consolidated Schools / 30,273 |
| 28. | $3,327 | Las Cruces Public Schools / 151,083 |
| 29. | $3,258 | Taos Municipal Schools / 25,288 |
| 30. | $3,225 | Albuquerque Public Schools / 666,570 |
| 31. | $3,196 | Alamogordo Public Schools / 44,798 |
| 32. | $3,140 | Roswell Independent Schools / 57,830 |
| 33. | $3,051 | Reserve Independent Schools / 2,214 |
| 34. | $3,034 | Espanola Municipal Schools / 36,598 |
| 35. | $3,027 | Capitan Municipal Schools / 3,896 |
| 36. | $2,987 | Hobbs Municipal Schools / 43,175 |
| 37. | $2,907 | Deming Public Schools / 25,162 |
| 38. | $2,891 | Socorro Consolidated Schools / 12,690 |
| 39. | $2,848 | Rio Rancho Public Schools / 88,510 |
| 40. | $2,804 | San Jon Municipal Schools / 670 |
| 41. | $2,780 | Clovis Municipal Schools / 45,090 |
| 42. | $2,749 | Aztec Municipal Schools / 16,060 |
| 43. | $2,732 | Gadsden Independent Schools / 61,274 |
| 44. | $2,633 | Hondo Valley Public Schools / 887 |
| 45. | $2,515 | Tatum Municipal Schools / 1,149 |
| 46. | $2,494 | Mesa Vista Consolidated Schools / 1,780 |
| 47. | $2,433 | Logan Municipal Schools / 1,329 |
| 48. | $2,349 | Cloudcroft Municipal Schools / 2,971 |
| 49. | $2,310 | Chama Valley Independent Schools / 3,018 |
| 50. | $2,282 | Pecos Independent Schools / 4,753 |
| 51. | $2,280 | Cobre Consolidated Schools / 7,983 |
| 52. | $2,252 | Jemez Mountain Public Schools / 1,367 |
| 53. | $2,165 | Ruidoso Municipal Schools / 13,794 |
| 54. | $2,159 | Bloomfield Municipal Schools / 17,135 |
| 55. | $2,060 | Lordsburg Municipal Schools / 3,916 |
| 56. | $1,976 | Texico Municipal Schools / 1,612 |
| 57. | $1,975 | Floyd Municipal Schools / 623 |
| 58. | $1,968 | Questa Independent Schools / 3,808 |
| 59. | $1,927 | Carlsbad Municipal Schools / 34,280 |
| 60. | $1,916 | Jemez Valley Public Schools / 5,279 |
| 61. | $1,913 | Estancia Municipal Schools / 4,499 |
| 62. | $1,867 | Springer Municipal Schools / 1,840 |
| 63. | $1,859 | Las Vegas City Public Schools / 14,396 |
| 64. | $1,843 | Carrizozo Municipal Schools / 1,509 |
| 65. | $1,703 | Silver City Consolidated Schools / 21,619 |
| 66. | $1,635 | Portales Municipal Schools / 17,957 |
| 67. | $1,608 | Artesia Public Schools / 17,495 |
| 68. | $1,600 | Fort Sumner Municipal Schools / 2,069 |
| 69. | $1,492 | Lovington Public Schools / 15,260 |
| 70. | $1,483 | Loving Municipal Schools / 2,055 |
| 71. | $1,459 | Raton Public Schools / 7,721 |
| 72. | $1,429 | Maxwell Municipal Schools / 281 |
| 73. | $1,367 | Mountainair Public Schools / 1,861 |
| 74. | $1,191 | Roy Municipal Schools / 315 |
| 75. | $1,181 | Hagerman Municipal Schools / 2,128 |
| 76. | $926 | Eunice Municipal Schools / 3,126 |
| 77. | $910 | Penasco Independent Schools / 3,726 |
| 78. | $867 | Dora Consolidated Schools / 802 |
| 79. | $747 | Melrose Public Schools / 1,191 |
| 80. | $575 | Animas Public Schools / 987 |
| 81. | $250 | Wagon Mound Public Schools / 982 |
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.
