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Questa Independent Schools

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Questa Independent Schools is located in north New Mexico. Questa Independent Schools has 658.28 square miles of land area and 1.23 square miles of water area. As of 2010-2014, the total Questa Independent Schools population is 3,284. Questa Independent Schools median household income is $24,782 in 2010-2014. Questa Independent Schools median house value is $159,700 in 2010-2014. On average, Questa Independent Schools is worse than the state average in quality.

Ranking:	High School: (67 out of 85, bottom 21%) Elementary/Middle School: (66 out of 87, bottom 24%)* Rank: #70
Type:	Regular Local School District
Grade:	Prekindergarten to Grade 12
Number of Schools:	6
Population	3,284 (2010-2014), rank #55
Population Growth	-22.51% since 2005-2009, see rank
Population Density:	4.98/sq mi, rank #45
Median Household Income:	$24,782 at 2010-2014—-38.49% increase since 2005-2009, rank #84
Median House Price:	$159,700 at 2010-2014—31.66% increase since 2005-2009, rank #13
Time Zone:	Mountain GMT -7:00 with Daylight Saving in the Summer
Land Area:	658.28 sq mi, rank #68
Water Area:	1.23 sq mi (0.19%), rank #44
State:	New Mexico
County:	Taos County
City:	Questa, Cerro, Costilla, Red River, Amalia
Zip:	87556, 87519, 87524, 87558, 87512
Area:	Taos, NM

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Questa Independent Schools Map, Border, and Nearby Locations

1 Mile North Hwy 522

Questa NM, 87556, Taos County

Phone: 505-586-0421

Students and Teachers

	2013-2014	2012-2013	2011-2012	2010-2011	2009-2010	2008-2009	2007-2008
Total Students:	400	434	440	515	520	538	517
English Language Learner Students:	48	71	104	122	85	NA	328
Total Teachers:	33.32	35.20	35.04	37.78	40.00	43.80	50.80
Prekindergarten:	1.52	1.05	1.05	1.17	0.00	0.30	0.30
Kindergarten:	2.22	0.18	2.08	0.00	0.50	0.50	1.50
Elementary:	11.63	16.17	13.34	15.20	17.90	26.50	34.50
Secondary:	14.38	14.30	15.28	16.28	17.10	10.00	14.50
Ungraded:	3.57	3.50	3.29	5.13	4.50	6.50	0.00
Total Other Staff:	39.66	42.32	42.29	38.66	43.70	45.40	51.90
Instructional Aides:	5.50	4.50	4.50	2.50	5.50	6.30	7.50
Instructional Coordinators & Supervisors:	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.50	1.00	0.00
Total Guidance Counselors:	0.66	1.53	1.50	1.40	1.45	1.50	2.00
Elementary Guidance Counselors:	0.00	0.90	0.80	0.50	0.50	1.00	1.00
Secondary Guidance Counselors:	0.66	0.63	0.70	0.90	0.95	0.50	1.00
Other Guidance Counselors:	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	NA	0.00	NA
Librarians/Media Specialists:	1.00	1.00	1.00	0.00	1.00	1.00	1.00
Library/Media Support:	0.00	0.00	0.00	1.00	1.00	0.00	0.00
District Administrators:	3.00	2.15	2.50	1.25	1.35	2.90	3.30
District Administrative Support:	2.00	2.00	2.00	2.00	2.00	1.00	1.00
School Administrators:	3.36	3.22	2.65	3.90	2.05	2.40	2.50
School Administrative Support:	10.55	10.50	10.45	10.95	11.00	10.50	11.50
Student Support Services:	3.63	2.64	2.66	3.29	4.20	2.50	3.10
Other Support Services:	9.96	14.78	15.03	12.37	13.65	16.30	20.00
Student-Teacher Ratio:	12.00	12.33	12.56	13.63	13.00	12.28	10.18

Schools

Alta Vista Elementary	Prekindergarten to Grade 3	Hwy 38 And West Gallegos, Questa NM 87556
Alta Vista Intermediate	Grade 4 to Grade 6	1 Wildcat Rd, Questa NM 87556
Questa High	Grade 9 to Grade 12	527 Sagebrush Ln, Questa NM 87556
Questa Jr High	Grade 7 to Grade 8	Hwy 522, Questa NM 87556
Rio Costilla Sw Learning Academy	Kindergarten to Grade 6	14 Garcia Rd, Costilla NM 87524
Roots & Wings Community	Kindergarten to Grade 8	35 Old Lama Rd, Questa NM 87556

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	State Average
SBA Test
2012	Math	10th Grade	% met std	27.6%	29%
2013	Math	10th Grade	% met std	50.0%	30.2%
2012	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	17.2%	34.4%
2013	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	42.3%	41.0%
2005	Math	11th Grade	% met std	23.1%	30.3%
2006	Math	11th Grade	% met std	10.9%	30.5%
2007	Math	11th Grade	% met std	27%	31.2%
2008	Math	11th Grade	% met std	10.8%	33.6%
2009	Math	11th Grade	% met std	25%	33.9%
2010	Math	11th Grade	% met std	12.5%	36.6%
2011	Math	11th Grade	% met std	25.9%	38%
2012	Math	11th Grade	% met std	25.6%	38.9%
2013	Math	11th Grade	% met std	33.3%	42.0%
2005	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	46.2%	56.9%
2006	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	60.9%	58%
2007	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	32.4%	47.3%
2008	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	51.4%	49.8%
2009	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	45%	50.6%
2010	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	37.5%	54.8%
2011	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	48.1%	47.8%
2012	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	38.5%	45.3%
2013	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	44.4%	55.5%
2008	Science	11th Grade	% met std	29.7%	33.9%
2009	Science	11th Grade	% met std	20%	32.5%
2010	Science	11th Grade	% met std	9.4%	33.5%
2011	Science	11th Grade	% met std	40.7%	38.7%
2013	Science	11th Grade	% met std	29.6%	39.9%
2008	Social Studies	11th Grade	% met std	18.9%	37.4%
2009	Social Studies	11th Grade	% met std	30%	38.1%
2010	Social Studies	11th Grade	% met std	15.6%	40.1%
2011	Social Studies	11th Grade	% met std	29.6%	46.7%
2005	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	29.2%	43.3%
2006	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	56%	45.1%
2007	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	23.3%	43.6%
2008	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	27.8%	43.9%
2009	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	37%	54.1%
2010	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	42.9%	58.2%
2011	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	37.1%	51.5%
2012	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	23.1%	52.7%
2013	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	45.5%	51.0%
2005	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	50%	55%
2006	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	80%	54.5%
2007	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	60.5%	54.1%
2008	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	61.1%	58.2%
2009	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	63%	61%
2010	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	53.6%	57.4%
2011	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	51.4%	52.9%
2012	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	26.9%	52.4%
2013	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	66.7%	55.2%
2005	Science	3rd Grade	% met std	70.8%	76.7%
2006	Science	3rd Grade	% met std	88%	78.7%
2007	Science	3rd Grade	% met std	86%	79%
2008	Science	3rd Grade	% met std	83.3%	79.6%
2009	Science	3rd Grade	% met std	85.2%	82%
2010	Science	3rd Grade	% met std	78.6%	82.9%
2005	Math	4th Grade	% met std	27.6%	39.2%
2006	Math	4th Grade	% met std	25%	41.1%
2007	Math	4th Grade	% met std	35.9%	45.8%
2008	Math	4th Grade	% met std	14.7%	39%
2009	Math	4th Grade	% met std	25.7%	42%
2010	Math	4th Grade	% met std	38.5%	45.4%
2011	Math	4th Grade	% met std	29%	44.4%
2012	Math	4th Grade	% met std	27%	44%
2013	Math	4th Grade	% met std	25.0%	45.4%
2005	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	51.7%	51.8%
2006	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	58.3%	53.9%
2007	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	71.8%	54.7%
2008	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	29.4%	50.8%
2009	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	44.1%	51.8%
2010	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	46.2%	51.4%
2011	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	32.3%	46.5%
2012	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	35.1%	49.9%
2013	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	33.3%	45.7%
2005	Science	4th Grade	% met std	55.2%	51.8%
2006	Science	4th Grade	% met std	29.2%	54.8%
2007	Science	4th Grade	% met std	71.1%	55.5%
2008	Science	4th Grade	% met std	32.4%	50.8%
2009	Science	4th Grade	% met std	42.9%	51.9%
2010	Science	4th Grade	% met std	38.5%	50.4%
2011	Science	4th Grade	% met std	38.7%	46.7%
2013	Science	4th Grade	% met std	36.1%	53.0%
2005	Math	5th Grade	% met std	8.1%	26.9%
2006	Math	5th Grade	% met std	14.3%	34.3%
2007	Math	5th Grade	% met std	31.7%	36.4%
2008	Math	5th Grade	% met std	43.5%	40.5%
2009	Math	5th Grade	% met std	18.9%	43.5%
2010	Math	5th Grade	% met std	35.3%	45.3%
2011	Math	5th Grade	% met std	30.8%	41.9%
2012	Math	5th Grade	% met std	33.3%	43.5%
2013	Math	5th Grade	% met std	35.7%	43.1%
2005	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	51.4%	56.9%
2006	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	52.4%	57.2%
2007	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	65.9%	59.3%
2008	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	60.9%	56%
2009	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	45.9%	58.2%
2010	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	52.9%	59.1%
2011	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	46.2%	51.9%
2012	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	30%	55%
2013	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	54.8%	51.2%
2005	Science	5th Grade	% met std	32.4%	40.5%
2006	Science	5th Grade	% met std	38.1%	42.4%
2007	Science	5th Grade	% met std	48.8%	44.1%
2008	Science	5th Grade	% met std	65.2%	46.9%
2009	Science	5th Grade	% met std	40.5%	52.2%
2010	Science	5th Grade	% met std	44.1%	52.2%
2005	Math	6th Grade	% met std	3.6%	21.5%
2006	Math	6th Grade	% met std	0%	23.7%
2007	Math	6th Grade	% met std	22.4%	26.7%
2008	Math	6th Grade	% met std	12%	28.1%
2009	Math	6th Grade	% met std	54.5%	33.9%
2010	Math	6th Grade	% met std	15.9%	34.6%
2011	Math	6th Grade	% met std	38.9%	36.7%
2012	Math	6th Grade	% met std	36.8%	37.1%
2013	Math	6th Grade	% met std	33.3%	39.6%
2005	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	35.7%	40.9%
2006	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	27%	40.4%
2007	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	34.7%	37.2%
2008	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	40%	42.9%
2009	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	54.5%	44.1%
2010	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	20.5%	39.6%
2011	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	47.2%	47.8%
2012	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	42.1%	48.3%
2013	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	27.3%	46.8%
2005	Science	6th Grade	% met std	10.7%	30%
2006	Science	6th Grade	% met std	10.8%	29.8%
2007	Science	6th Grade	% met std	34.7%	33.8%
2008	Science	6th Grade	% met std	16%	30.7%
2009	Science	6th Grade	% met std	36.4%	34.2%
2010	Science	6th Grade	% met std	13.6%	30.3%
2005	Math	7th Grade	% met std	15.4%	20.1%
2006	Math	7th Grade	% met std	6.7%	23.3%
2007	Math	7th Grade	% met std	15.7%	25%
2008	Math	7th Grade	% met std	16.7%	29.3%
2009	Math	7th Grade	% met std	20.8%	31.7%
2010	Math	7th Grade	% met std	42.3%	33.6%
2011	Math	7th Grade	% met std	30.2%	37.6%
2012	Math	7th Grade	% met std	30.8%	41.7%
2013	Math	7th Grade	% met std	44.1%	41.2%
2005	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	57.7%	49.9%
2006	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	40%	50.4%
2007	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	35.3%	50.1%
2008	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	38.9%	50.4%
2009	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	41.7%	52.8%
2010	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	65.4%	49.6%
2011	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	37.2%	47.6%
2012	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	43.6%	50.2%
2013	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	52.9%	49.8%
2005	Science	7th Grade	% met std	38.5%	26.4%
2006	Science	7th Grade	% met std	10%	25.8%
2007	Science	7th Grade	% met std	17.6%	29.9%
2008	Science	7th Grade	% met std	19.4%	33.1%
2009	Science	7th Grade	% met std	16.7%	35.9%
2010	Science	7th Grade	% met std	46.2%	39.7%
2011	Science	7th Grade	% met std	23.3%	39.7%
2013	Science	7th Grade	% met std	45.7%	42.1%
2005	Math	8th Grade	% met std	2.4%	23.9%
2006	Math	8th Grade	% met std	19.2%	26.3%
2007	Math	8th Grade	% met std	17.1%	30%
2008	Math	8th Grade	% met std	12.5%	36.6%
2009	Math	8th Grade	% met std	27.8%	42.4%
2010	Math	8th Grade	% met std	26.7%	39.2%
2011	Math	8th Grade	% met std	55.2%	40.8%
2012	Math	8th Grade	% met std	24.4%	41.7%
2013	Math	8th Grade	% met std	44.4%	42.2%
2005	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	43.9%	51.6%
2006	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	57.7%	50.9%
2007	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	41.5%	55.8%
2008	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	43.8%	63.5%
2009	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	61.1%	62.1%
2010	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	53.3%	60.5%
2011	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	48.3%	53.3%
2012	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	41.3%	54.3%
2013	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	51.4%	60.2%
2005	Science	8th Grade	% met std	7.3%	24.6%
2006	Science	8th Grade	% met std	26.9%	23.5%
2007	Science	8th Grade	% met std	14.6%	23.3%
2008	Science	8th Grade	% met std	6.3%	25.7%
2009	Science	8th Grade	% met std	16.7%	27.4%
2010	Science	8th Grade	% met std	13.3%	28.9%
2005	Math	9th Grade	% met std	21.9%	34.2%
2006	Math	9th Grade	% met std	25.6%	32.9%
2007	Math	9th Grade	% met std	32.3%	36.6%
2005	Reading	9th Grade	% met std	62.5%	42.9%
2006	Reading	9th Grade	% met std	41.9%	43.4%
2007	Reading	9th Grade	% met std	54.8%	43.9%
2005	Science	9th Grade	% met std	25%	36.4%
2006	Science	9th Grade	% met std	27.9%	35.6%
2007	Science	9th Grade	% met std	29%	38.3%

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School District Fiscal Information

	2012			2011			2010
	Amount	Per Student	%	Amount	Per Student	%	Amount	Per Student	%
Total Revenue:	$9,062,000	$20,595		$9,659,000	$18,755		$7,963,000	$15,313
Federal:	$3,120,000	$7,091	34.4%	$2,729,000	$5,299	28.3%	$1,173,000	$2,256	14.7%
State:	$4,895,000	$11,125	54.0%	$5,937,000	$11,528	61.5%	$5,948,000	$11,438	74.7%
Local:	$1,047,000	$2,380	11.6%	$993,000	$1,928	10.3%	$842,000	$1,619	10.6%
Total Expenditures:	$9,530,000	$21,659		$10,399,000	$20,192		$10,922,000	$21,004
Total Current Expenditures:	$8,056,000	$18,309		$8,183,000	$15,889		$6,980,000	$13,423
Instructional Expenditures:	$3,433,000	$7,802	42.6%	$3,490,000	$6,777	42.6%	$3,585,000	$6,894	51.4%
Student and Staff Support:	$547,000	$1,243	6.8%	$544,000	$1,056	6.6%	$602,000	$1,158	8.6%
Administration:	$2,743,000	$6,234	34.0%	$2,750,000	$5,340	33.6%	$1,314,000	$2,527	18.8%
Operations, Food, Other:	$1,333,000	$3,030	16.5%	$1,399,000	$2,717	17.1%	$1,479,000	$2,844	21.2%
Total Capital Outlay:	$1,299,000	$2,952		$2,045,000	$3,971		$3,769,000	$7,248
Construction:	$733,000	$1,666		$1,526,000	$2,963		$3,203,000	$6,160
Total Other:	$0	$0		$0	$0		$0	$0
Interest on Debt:	$155,000	$352		$143,000	$278		$109,000	$210

Total Salary:	$4,376,000	$9,945		$4,650,000	$9,029		$3,671,000	$7,060
Instruction/Teacher Salary:	$2,115,000	$4,807	48.3%	$2,309,000	$4,483	49.7%	$2,275,000	$4,375	62.0%
Other Salary:	$2,261,000	$5,139	51.7%	$2,341,000	$4,546	50.3%	$1,396,000	$2,685	38.0%
Total Benefit:	$1,389,000	$3,157		$1,540,000	$2,990		$1,236,000	$2,377
Instruction/Teacher Benefit:	$655,000	$1,489	47.2%	$774,000	$1,503	50.3%	$724,000	$1,392	58.6%
Other Benefit:	$734,000	$1,668	52.8%	$766,000	$1,487	49.7%	$512,000	$985	41.4%

* Questa Independent Schools was rated 2 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.