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Chama Valley Independent Schools

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Chama Valley Independent Schools is located in north New Mexico. Chama Valley Independent Schools has 1,164.52 square miles of land area and 14.49 square miles of water area. As of 2010-2014, the total Chama Valley Independent Schools population is 2,798. Chama Valley Independent Schools median household income is $49,233 in 2010-2014. Chama Valley Independent Schools median house value is $138,400 in 2010-2014. On average, Chama Valley Independent Schools is better than the state average in quality.

Ranking:	High School: (57 out of 85, bottom 33%) Elementary/Middle School: (27 out of 87, top 31%)* Rank: #43
Type:	Regular Local School District
Grade:	Kindergarten to Grade 12
Number of Schools:	4
Population	2,798 (2010-2014), rank #56
Population Growth	-4.83% since 2005-2009, see rank
Population Density:	2.37/sq mi, rank #57
Median Household Income:	$49,233 at 2010-2014—29.68% increase since 2005-2009, rank #19
Median House Price:	$138,400 at 2010-2014—-6.11% increase since 2005-2009, rank #25
Time Zone:	Mountain GMT -7:00 with Daylight Saving in the Summer
Land Area:	1,164.52 sq mi, rank #38
Water Area:	14.49 sq mi (1.23%), rank #3
State:	New Mexico
County:	Rio Arriba County
City:	Chama, Los Ojos, Tierra Amarilla, Cebolla, Abiquiu, Canjilon, Dulce, Ensenada, Brazos
Zip:	87520, 87551, 87575, 87518, 87510, 87515, 87528
Area:	Espanola, NM

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New Mexico 531

Tierra Amarilla NM, 87575, Rio Arriba County

Phone: 575-588-7285

Students and Teachers

	2013-2014	2012-2013	2011-2012	2010-2011	2009-2010	2008-2009	2007-2008
Total Students:	396	379	328	403	404	410	456
English Language Learner Students:	52	94	144	174	159	NA	218
Total Teachers:	31.25	29.75	31.10	31.63	33.19	35.70	37.70
Prekindergarten:	0.50	0.50	0.50	0.50	1.00	1.00	0.00
Kindergarten:	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	2.00	2.50	2.00
Elementary:	10.50	9.50	10.50	10.50	10.00	18.10	23.10
Secondary:	12.00	12.00	12.85	16.00	16.64	10.80	12.60
Ungraded:	7.25	6.75	6.25	3.63	3.55	3.30	0.00
Total Other Staff:	34.40	17.63	51.53	53.68	60.46	57.40	60.40
Instructional Aides:	5.00	7.00	10.00	11.00	10.00	9.00	10.50
Instructional Coordinators & Supervisors:	0.00	1.00	1.00	2.00	2.00	1.00	2.30
Total Guidance Counselors:	1.00	1.00	1.60	2.00	2.00	2.00	2.20
Elementary Guidance Counselors:	0.00	0.00	0.75	0.75	0.75	1.40	1.00
Secondary Guidance Counselors:	1.00	1.00	0.85	1.25	1.25	0.60	1.20
Other Guidance Counselors:	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	NA	0.00	NA
Librarians/Media Specialists:	0.50	0.50	0.25	1.00	2.00	1.90	2.00
Library/Media Support:	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	1.00	1.00	1.00
District Administrators:	1.82	1.82	2.32	2.32	3.00	3.00	2.00
District Administrative Support:	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00
School Administrators:	2.18	0.68	2.18	2.68	3.00	3.00	3.00
School Administrative Support:	7.00	1.00	11.50	11.00	10.00	10.00	10.00
Student Support Services:	5.90	3.63	4.18	1.18	4.96	4.00	4.40
Other Support Services:	10.00	0.00	17.50	19.50	21.50	21.50	22.00
Student-Teacher Ratio:	12.67	12.74	10.55	12.74	12.17	11.48	12.10

Schools

Chama Elementary	Kindergarten to Grade 5	182 North Pine Ave, Chama NM 87520
Chama Middle	Grade 6 to Grade 8	181 North Pine Ave, Chama NM 87520
Escalante Middle/High School	Grade 7 to Grade 12	Stateroute 531 1158, Tierra Amarilla NM 87575
Tierra Amarilla Elementary	Kindergarten to Grade 6	Hwy 513, Tierra Amarilla NM 87575

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	State Average
SBA Test
2012	Math	10th Grade	% met std	52.2%	29%
2013	Math	10th Grade	% met std	36.0%	30.2%
2012	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	39.1%	34.4%
2013	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	44.0%	41.0%
2005	Math	11th Grade	% met std	29.6%	30.3%
2006	Math	11th Grade	% met std	14%	30.5%
2007	Math	11th Grade	% met std	23.1%	31.2%
2008	Math	11th Grade	% met std	17.1%	33.6%
2009	Math	11th Grade	% met std	32.3%	33.9%
2010	Math	11th Grade	% met std	23.7%	36.6%
2011	Math	11th Grade	% met std	34.8%	38%
2012	Math	11th Grade	% met std	60.7%	38.9%
2013	Math	11th Grade	% met std	52.2%	42.0%
2005	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	59.3%	56.9%
2006	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	37.2%	58%
2007	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	30.8%	47.3%
2008	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	34.3%	49.8%
2009	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	45.2%	50.6%
2010	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	50%	54.8%
2011	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	52.2%	47.8%
2012	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	50%	45.3%
2013	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	65.2%	55.5%
2008	Science	11th Grade	% met std	14.3%	33.9%
2009	Science	11th Grade	% met std	41.9%	32.5%
2010	Science	11th Grade	% met std	26.3%	33.5%
2011	Science	11th Grade	% met std	30.4%	38.7%
2013	Science	11th Grade	% met std	65.2%	39.9%
2008	Social Studies	11th Grade	% met std	25.7%	37.4%
2009	Social Studies	11th Grade	% met std	38.7%	38.1%
2010	Social Studies	11th Grade	% met std	34.2%	40.1%
2011	Social Studies	11th Grade	% met std	30.4%	46.7%
2005	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	40.7%	43.3%
2006	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	39.3%	45.1%
2007	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	29%	43.6%
2008	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	48%	43.9%
2009	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	62.2%	54.1%
2010	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	61.8%	58.2%
2011	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	36.4%	51.5%
2012	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	55.2%	52.7%
2013	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	41.7%	51.0%
2005	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	63%	55%
2006	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	64.3%	54.5%
2007	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	54.8%	54.1%
2008	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	60%	58.2%
2009	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	67.6%	61%
2010	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	64.7%	57.4%
2011	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	60.6%	52.9%
2012	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	51.7%	52.4%
2013	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	45.8%	55.2%
2005	Science	3rd Grade	% met std	85.2%	76.7%
2006	Science	3rd Grade	% met std	78.6%	78.7%
2007	Science	3rd Grade	% met std	87.1%	79%
2008	Science	3rd Grade	% met std	88%	79.6%
2009	Science	3rd Grade	% met std	89.2%	82%
2010	Science	3rd Grade	% met std	88.2%	82.9%
2005	Math	4th Grade	% met std	34.5%	39.2%
2006	Math	4th Grade	% met std	46.4%	41.1%
2007	Math	4th Grade	% met std	54.8%	45.8%
2008	Math	4th Grade	% met std	27.3%	39%
2009	Math	4th Grade	% met std	44.8%	42%
2010	Math	4th Grade	% met std	42.1%	45.4%
2011	Math	4th Grade	% met std	50%	44.4%
2012	Math	4th Grade	% met std	32.1%	44%
2013	Math	4th Grade	% met std	37.9%	45.4%
2005	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	62.1%	51.8%
2006	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	46.4%	53.9%
2007	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	58.1%	54.7%
2008	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	48.5%	50.8%
2009	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	44.8%	51.8%
2010	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	57.9%	51.4%
2011	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	50%	46.5%
2012	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	53.6%	49.9%
2013	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	44.8%	45.7%
2005	Science	4th Grade	% met std	62.1%	51.8%
2006	Science	4th Grade	% met std	67.9%	54.8%
2007	Science	4th Grade	% met std	61.3%	55.5%
2008	Science	4th Grade	% met std	42.4%	50.8%
2009	Science	4th Grade	% met std	58.6%	51.9%
2010	Science	4th Grade	% met std	57.9%	50.4%
2011	Science	4th Grade	% met std	53.3%	46.7%
2013	Science	4th Grade	% met std	65.5%	53.0%
2005	Math	5th Grade	% met std	34.5%	26.9%
2006	Math	5th Grade	% met std	33.3%	34.3%
2007	Math	5th Grade	% met std	18.5%	36.4%
2008	Math	5th Grade	% met std	34.5%	40.5%
2009	Math	5th Grade	% met std	43.8%	43.5%
2010	Math	5th Grade	% met std	46.7%	45.3%
2011	Math	5th Grade	% met std	42.5%	41.9%
2012	Math	5th Grade	% met std	57.7%	43.5%
2013	Math	5th Grade	% met std	41.4%	43.1%
2005	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	55.2%	56.9%
2006	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	59.3%	57.2%
2007	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	59.3%	59.3%
2008	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	62.1%	56%
2009	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	53.1%	58.2%
2010	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	53.3%	59.1%
2011	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	67.5%	51.9%
2012	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	61.5%	55%
2013	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	51.7%	51.2%
2005	Science	5th Grade	% met std	51.7%	40.5%
2006	Science	5th Grade	% met std	63%	42.4%
2007	Science	5th Grade	% met std	55.6%	44.1%
2008	Science	5th Grade	% met std	48.3%	46.9%
2009	Science	5th Grade	% met std	50%	52.2%
2010	Science	5th Grade	% met std	60%	52.2%
2005	Math	6th Grade	% met std	23.3%	21.5%
2006	Math	6th Grade	% met std	6.9%	23.7%
2007	Math	6th Grade	% met std	40.7%	26.7%
2008	Math	6th Grade	% met std	44%	28.1%
2009	Math	6th Grade	% met std	37.5%	33.9%
2010	Math	6th Grade	% met std	31.3%	34.6%
2011	Math	6th Grade	% met std	31.3%	36.7%
2012	Math	6th Grade	% met std	45.9%	37.1%
2013	Math	6th Grade	% met std	57.1%	39.6%
2005	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	41.9%	40.9%
2006	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	41.4%	40.4%
2007	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	44.4%	37.2%
2008	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	36%	42.9%
2009	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	46.9%	44.1%
2010	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	50%	39.6%
2011	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	46.9%	47.8%
2012	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	62.2%	48.3%
2013	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	60.7%	46.8%
2005	Science	6th Grade	% met std	48.8%	30%
2006	Science	6th Grade	% met std	31%	29.8%
2007	Science	6th Grade	% met std	40.7%	33.8%
2008	Science	6th Grade	% met std	44%	30.7%
2009	Science	6th Grade	% met std	40.6%	34.2%
2010	Science	6th Grade	% met std	37.5%	30.3%
2005	Math	7th Grade	% met std	16.7%	20.1%
2006	Math	7th Grade	% met std	19%	23.3%
2007	Math	7th Grade	% met std	20%	25%
2008	Math	7th Grade	% met std	44.8%	29.3%
2009	Math	7th Grade	% met std	50%	31.7%
2010	Math	7th Grade	% met std	36.7%	33.6%
2011	Math	7th Grade	% met std	45.7%	37.6%
2012	Math	7th Grade	% met std	44.4%	41.7%
2013	Math	7th Grade	% met std	38.1%	41.2%
2005	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	52.4%	49.9%
2006	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	52.4%	50.4%
2007	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	53.3%	50.1%
2008	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	62.1%	50.4%
2009	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	57.7%	52.8%
2010	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	56.7%	49.6%
2011	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	65.7%	47.6%
2012	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	55.6%	50.2%
2013	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	66.7%	49.8%
2005	Science	7th Grade	% met std	28.6%	26.4%
2006	Science	7th Grade	% met std	26.2%	25.8%
2007	Science	7th Grade	% met std	33.3%	29.9%
2008	Science	7th Grade	% met std	48.3%	33.1%
2009	Science	7th Grade	% met std	50%	35.9%
2010	Science	7th Grade	% met std	43.3%	39.7%
2011	Science	7th Grade	% met std	57.1%	39.7%
2013	Science	7th Grade	% met std	61.9%	42.1%
2005	Math	8th Grade	% met std	13.6%	23.9%
2006	Math	8th Grade	% met std	19%	26.3%
2007	Math	8th Grade	% met std	33.3%	30%
2008	Math	8th Grade	% met std	41.9%	36.6%
2009	Math	8th Grade	% met std	65.4%	42.4%
2010	Math	8th Grade	% met std	59.3%	39.2%
2011	Math	8th Grade	% met std	40.7%	40.8%
2012	Math	8th Grade	% met std	52.9%	41.7%
2013	Math	8th Grade	% met std	50.0%	42.2%
2005	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	47.7%	51.6%
2006	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	52.4%	50.9%
2007	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	64.4%	55.8%
2008	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	61.3%	63.5%
2009	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	73.1%	62.1%
2010	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	70.4%	60.5%
2011	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	66.7%	53.3%
2012	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	67.6%	54.3%
2013	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	67.9%	60.2%
2005	Science	8th Grade	% met std	25.6%	24.6%
2006	Science	8th Grade	% met std	23.8%	23.5%
2007	Science	8th Grade	% met std	31.1%	23.3%
2008	Science	8th Grade	% met std	16.1%	25.7%
2009	Science	8th Grade	% met std	46.2%	27.4%
2010	Science	8th Grade	% met std	33.3%	28.9%
2005	Math	9th Grade	% met std	29.7%	34.2%
2006	Math	9th Grade	% met std	23.9%	32.9%
2007	Math	9th Grade	% met std	34.1%	36.6%
2005	Reading	9th Grade	% met std	43.2%	42.9%
2006	Reading	9th Grade	% met std	32.6%	43.4%
2007	Reading	9th Grade	% met std	46.3%	43.9%
2005	Science	9th Grade	% met std	24.3%	36.4%
2006	Science	9th Grade	% met std	13%	35.6%
2007	Science	9th Grade	% met std	31.7%	38.3%

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School District Fiscal Information

	2012			2011			2010
	Amount	Per Student	%	Amount	Per Student	%	Amount	Per Student	%
Total Revenue:	$7,414,000	$22,604		$7,978,000	$19,797		$7,889,000	$19,527
Federal:	$1,147,000	$3,497	15.5%	$1,214,000	$3,012	15.2%	$1,331,000	$3,295	16.9%
State:	$4,897,000	$14,930	66.1%	$5,320,000	$13,201	66.7%	$5,041,000	$12,478	63.9%
Local:	$1,370,000	$4,177	18.5%	$1,444,000	$3,583	18.1%	$1,517,000	$3,755	19.2%
Total Expenditures:	$7,062,000	$21,530		$7,351,000	$18,241		$8,636,000	$21,376
Total Current Expenditures:	$6,396,000	$19,500		$6,429,000	$15,953		$6,773,000	$16,765
Instructional Expenditures:	$2,925,000	$8,918	45.7%	$2,876,000	$7,136	44.7%	$3,198,000	$7,916	47.2%
Student and Staff Support:	$740,000	$2,256	11.6%	$726,000	$1,801	11.3%	$712,000	$1,762	10.5%
Administration:	$1,084,000	$3,305	16.9%	$1,155,000	$2,866	18.0%	$1,256,000	$3,109	18.5%
Operations, Food, Other:	$1,647,000	$5,021	25.8%	$1,672,000	$4,149	26.0%	$1,607,000	$3,978	23.7%
Total Capital Outlay:	$408,000	$1,244		$625,000	$1,551		$1,583,000	$3,918
Construction:	$6,000	$18		$20,000	$50		$1,144,000	$2,832
Total Other:	$0	$0		$0	$0		$0	$0
Interest on Debt:	$238,000	$726		$269,000	$667		$258,000	$639

Total Salary:	$3,474,000	$10,591		$3,565,000	$8,846		$3,765,000	$9,319
Instruction/Teacher Salary:	$1,820,000	$5,549	52.4%	$1,893,000	$4,697	53.1%	$2,129,000	$5,270	56.5%
Other Salary:	$1,654,000	$5,043	47.6%	$1,672,000	$4,149	46.9%	$1,636,000	$4,050	43.5%
Total Benefit:	$1,153,000	$3,515		$1,235,000	$3,065		$1,238,000	$3,064
Instruction/Teacher Benefit:	$592,000	$1,805	51.3%	$599,000	$1,486	48.5%	$627,000	$1,552	50.6%
Other Benefit:	$561,000	$1,710	48.7%	$636,000	$1,578	51.5%	$611,000	$1,512	49.4%

* Chama Valley Independent Schools was rated 3.5 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.