Fetch New Mexico enrollment data — fetch

Downloads and processes enrollment data from the New Mexico Public Education Department's 40-Day enrollment reports.

Usage

fetch_enr(end_year, tidy = TRUE, use_cache = TRUE)

Arguments

end_year: A school year. Year is the end of the academic year - eg 2023-24 school year is year '2024'. Valid values are 2016-2026.
tidy: If TRUE (default), returns data in long (tidy) format with subgroup column. If FALSE, returns wide format as downloaded.
use_cache: If TRUE (default), uses locally cached data when available. Set to FALSE to force re-download from NM PED.

Value

Data frame with enrollment data. Wide format includes columns for district_code, school_code, names, and enrollment counts by demographic/grade. Tidy format pivots these counts into subgroup and n_students columns.

Data Availability

2016-2018: Enrollment by grade only (no demographic subgroups)
2019-2023, 2025-2026: Full demographic subgroups available
2024: Only 80-Day enrollment data available; 40-Day subgroup file not published

Data Quality Caveats

Multiracial (2025): Multiracial went from 0 to 7,221 in 2025 due to a reclassification change. Apparent declines in other race groups are partly reclassification effects.
Econ_disadv (2023-2025): Rate dropped from 77.7\ methodology change. Do not compare across this break.
District names (2023-2024): Several districts renamed. Use district_id for longitudinal tracking.

Examples

if (FALSE) { # \dontrun{
# Get 2024 enrollment data (2023-24 school year)
enr_2024 <- fetch_enr(2024)

# Get wide format
enr_wide <- fetch_enr(2024, tidy = FALSE)

# Force fresh download (ignore cache)
enr_fresh <- fetch_enr(2024, use_cache = FALSE)

# Filter to specific district
albuquerque <- enr_2024 |>
  dplyr::filter(grepl("Albuquerque", district_name, ignore.case = TRUE))
} # }