An equity score of 71/100 ranks Axtell Isd #161 of 1047 districts in Texas (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $14,472 per pupil, Axtell Isd ranks #443 of 1207 Texas districts by per-pupil spending (Texas districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
836
Total Enrollment
5
Schools
$14,472
Per-Pupil Spending
Combined, High
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Axtell Isd operates 5 public schools serving 836 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Texas. The school portfolio breaks down into 2 combined, 2 high, 1 middle 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 Mclennan County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $14,472 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, in the upper half of 1207 Texas districts by per-pupil spending. See how Texas compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 15.9% local, 58.6% state, and 25.5% federal, a state-revenue-heavy mix that insulates the district somewhat from local property-tax volatility, though it ties funding to state budget cycles. The district's equity score is 71/100, ranked #161 of 1047 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 5 schools offering Advanced Placement (4 AP courses district-wide), a 358:1 student-counselor ratio, well above the ASCA benchmark though still under the roughly 408:1 national average, and 9.6% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 69.9% White, 22.0% Hispanic or Latino, 4.7% African American across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Waco Ctr for Youth, with a diversity index of 55.4/100.
Its largest campus is Axtell El, enrolling 358 students (43% of the district's total enrollment). Its smallest is Challenge Academy, at 1 students, a 358x enrollment spread across the district's campuses.
Axtell El accounts for 42.8% of all Axtell Isd student enrollment
That dominant concentration means Axtell Isd-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the largest entity. Grade band: combined. The share measures enrollment concentration only; it does not establish how the district allocates programs, capital, or staff. Enrollment-weighted aggregates give this entity more weight than any smaller peer, while an unweighted entity average treats every record equally.
Axtell Isd school enrollment varies 358× across entities
Axtell Isd school enrollment ranges from 1 students (lowest) to 358 students (highest), a spread of 357 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.
Axtell Isd student-counselor ratio is 358:1 — high (typically associated with staffing constraints that limit per-student counselor time; CRDC data shows higher ratios cluster in larger urban systems)
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.
Axtell Isd chronic absenteeism rate is 9.6% — well below typical (typically associated with unusually small scale or exceptionally high per-unit investment)
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 Values this far below typical often correlate with unusually small scale or population characteristics rather than higher resource budgets per se — worth checking whether the underlying denominator is itself an outlier.