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Archer City, Texas - 2 schools
An equity score of 64/100 ranks Archer City Isd #303 of 1044 districts in Texas (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $13,957 per pupil, Archer City Isd ranks #412 of 1202 Texas districts by per-pupil spending (Texas districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
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District-Level NCES Analysis
Archer City Isd operates 2 public schools serving 493 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Texas. The school portfolio breaks down into 2 combined schools, a small enough portfolio that most families will interact with nearly every campus in the district at some point. These enrollment and school figures come from the NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) 2024-25 release, and the district is based in Archer County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $13,957 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 42.2% local, 45.8% state, and 12.0% 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 64/100, ranked #303 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 1 of 2 schools offering Advanced Placement (3 AP courses district-wide), a 242:1 student-counselor ratio, that meets the ASCA-recommended benchmark, and 16.3% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 78.8% White, 15.3% Hispanic or Latino, 0.2% African American across the district's schools.
Its largest campus is Archer City El, enrolling 278 students (57% of the district's total enrollment).
Archer City El accounts for 56.4% of all Archer City Isd student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Archer City Isd a distant remainder — means Archer City Isd-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the dominant entity. Grade band: combined. A single dominant campus often anchors a district's program offerings and staffing patterns; the share helps explain why district-wide averages may not reflect the typical neighbourhood-school experience. When one entity dominates a region's footprint, its programmatic and budget decisions effectively set policy for a majority of the affected population.
Archer City Isd student-counselor ratio is 242:1 — low (typically associated with meeting or exceeding the American School Counselor Association (ASCA) recommended 250:1 benchmark, which correlates with stronger college and career counseling capacity)
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 Lower values often correlate with smaller scale and population characteristics rather than higher resource budgets per se.
Archer City Isd chronic absenteeism rate is 16.3% — near the typical range (US average ~28) — aligned with the national post-pandemic baseline of roughly 28% chronic absenteeism
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 Archer City Isd is typically wider than the Archer City Isd-aggregate figure suggests.
Archer City Isd has 2 schools, including 2 combined. Total enrollment is 493 students.
How much does Archer City Isd spend per student?
Archer City Isd spends $13,957 per student. The district has an equity score of 64/100, ranking #303 in Texas.
What is the demographic composition of Archer City Isd?
Archer City Isd students are 78.8% White, 15.3% Hispanic or Latino, 0.2% African American, averaged across 2 schools. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.
What is the equity score for Archer City Isd?
Archer City Isd has an equity score of 64/100, ranking #303 out of 1044 districts in Texas.