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Houston, Texas - 47 schools
An equity score of 65/100 ranks Alief Isd #265 of 1044 districts in Texas (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $13,241 per pupil, Alief Isd ranks #531 of 1202 Texas districts by per-pupil spending (Texas districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
Alief Isd operates 47 public schools serving 40,329 students, placing it in the mid-size range in Texas. The school portfolio breaks down into 21 combined, 14 elementary, 6 high, 6 middle schools, giving families a clear picture of grade-band coverage before they move, rent, or enrol. These enrollment and school figures come from the NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) 2024-25 release, and the district is based in Harris County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $13,241 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, in the upper half of 1202 Texas districts by per-pupil spending. See how Texas compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 34.8% local, 39.8% state, and 25.3% federal, a balanced mix across local, state, and federal sources, spreading budget risk across funding cycles rather than concentrating it in one. The district's equity score is 65/100, ranked #265 of 1044 in Texas against a state average of 50, notably more even than the typical district in the state for how evenly funding reaches its schools.
Academic infrastructure includes 5 of 47 schools offering Advanced Placement (61 AP courses district-wide), a 385.6:1 student-counselor ratio, well above the ASCA benchmark though still under the roughly 408:1 national average, and 24.5% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 63.4% Hispanic or Latino, 23.2% African American, 9.2% Asian across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Mahanay El, with a diversity index of 71.0/100.
Its largest campus is Elsik H S, enrolling 4,057 students (10% of the district's total enrollment). Its smallest is Alief Learning Ctr (K-6), at 6 students, a 676x enrollment spread across the district's campuses.
Alief Isd school enrollment ranges from 6 students (lowest) to 4,057 students (highest), a spread of 4,051 students. That ratio is an extreme outlier spread — among the widest gaps observed anywhere in this dataset. Per-school staffing ratios, programme availability, and capital-renovation cycles often diverge inside the same district based on enrollment shape.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data NCES Common Core of Data
free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is the federal threshold for Title I funding allocations, established under the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA, 2015). Areas above 75% eligibility — including this one — receive concentration grants on top of the basic Title I formula. Regions with eligibility this high typically draw a substantially larger federal funding share relative to their local tax base, which can either offset or reinforce existing gaps depending on allocation policy.
Source: ESSA Title I Part A; ED EDFacts file system ESSA Title I Part A; ED EDFacts file system
student-counselor ratio is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: the ratio counts FTE counselors against total enrollment, districts that contract intervention or social-emotional staff outside the counselor classification may be under-counted Higher values may reflect larger urban scale or recent resource constraints that have widened the gap.
Source: NCES Civil Rights Data Collection NCES Civil Rights Data Collection
chronic absenteeism rate is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: a student is chronically absent if they miss ≥10% of enrolled days for any reason, illness, family obligations, or disengagement Variation between sub-units within Alief Isd is typically wider than the Alief Isd-aggregate figure suggests.
Source: NCES Civil Rights Data Collection 2021-22 NCES Civil Rights Data Collection 2021-22
This district has moderate funding equity. There may be room to improve funding diversity or resource allocation.
Average demographic composition across 47 schools in Alief Isd.
Source: NCES CCD School Membership 2024-25.
Average Simpson diversity index across Alief Isd's schools, above the Texas average of 44.7.
Source: NCES Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC) 2021-22.
| School | Enrollment |
|---|---|
| Elsik H S | 4,057 |
| Hastings H S | 3,786 |
| Taylor H S | 2,838 |
| O'donnell Middle | 1,214 |
| Budewig Int | 1,054 |
| Olle Middle | 1,025 |
| Albright Middle | 945 |
| Sneed El | 922 |
| Youngblood Int | 864 |
| Outley El | 863 |
| Klentzman Int | 833 |
| Alief Middle | 821 |
| Owens Int | 809 |
| Kerr H S | 807 |
| Miller Int | 793 |
| Collins El | 788 |
| Holmquist El | 782 |
| Bush El | 780 |
| Killough Middle | 763 |
| Mata Int | 753 |
| Chancellor El | 707 |
| Holub Middle | 686 |
| Youens El | 675 |
| Hearne El | 675 |
| Horn El | 675 |
| Best El | 655 |
| Martin El | 654 |
| Smith El | 650 |
| Hicks El | 645 |
| Alexander El | 609 |
| Chambers El | 559 |
| Landis El | 545 |
| Rees El | 526 |
| Petrosky El | 515 |
| Liestman El | 514 |
| Cummings El | 513 |
| Boone El | 511 |
| Kennedy El | 510 |
| Heflin El | 501 |
| Mahanay El | 499 |
| Alief Early College H S | 402 |
| Dedre' & Ella Jefferson Early Learning Center | 388 |
| Maria Del Carmen Martinez Early Learning Center | 335 |
| Alief Learning Ctr (6-12) | 140 |
| Crossroads | 35 |
| Alief Isd J J a E P | 18 |
| Alief Learning Ctr (K-6) | 6 |
The Texas districts closest to this one in total enrollment.
| District | Enrollment | Spending | Funding Mix |
|---|---|---|---|
| Clear Creek Isd | Similar size | Lower spending | More locally funded |
| United Isd | Similar size | Similar spending | Similar funding mix |
| Mesquite Isd | Similar size | Similar spending | Similar funding mix |
| Leander Isd | Similar size | Lower spending | More locally funded |
| Lamar Cisd | Similar size | Lower spending | More locally funded |
Comparisons are relative to Alief Isd's own figures; each column derives from NCES Common Core of Data and the F-33 Finance Survey.
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Compare vs Houston Isd →Alief Isd has 47 schools, including 6 high, 6 middle, 14 elementary, 21 combined. Total enrollment is 40,329 students.
Alief Isd spends $13,241 per student. The district has an equity score of 65/100, ranking #265 in Texas.
Alief Isd students are 63.4% Hispanic or Latino, 23.2% African American, 9.2% Asian, 3.4% White, averaged across 47 schools. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.
Alief Isd has an equity score of 65/100, ranking #265 out of 1044 districts in Texas.
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