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Bellaire, Texas - 5 schools
An equity score of 46/100 ranks Bakerripley Community Schools #592 of 1044 districts in Texas (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $10,741 per pupil, Bakerripley Community Schools ranks #1010 of 1202 Texas districts by per-pupil spending (Texas districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
1,790
Total Enrollment
5
Schools
$10,741
Per-Pupil Spending
Combined, Middle
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Bakerripley Community Schools operates 5 public schools serving 1,790 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Texas. The school portfolio breaks down into 4 combined, 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 Harris County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $10,741 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, in the lower half of 1202 Texas districts by per-pupil spending. See how Texas compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 0.2% local, 69.3% state, and 30.5% 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 46/100, ranked #592 of 1044 in Texas against a state average of 50, in line with the typical spread seen across the state for how evenly funding reaches its schools.
a 446.5:1 student-counselor ratio, above both the ASCA benchmark and the roughly 408:1 national average, and 32.4% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 72.1% Hispanic or Latino, 16.9% African American, 6.4% Asian across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Baker-Ripley Charter School, with a diversity index of 71.2/100.
Its largest campus is Nci Charter School Without Walls, enrolling 891 students (49% of the district's total enrollment). Its smallest is New Neighbor Campus, at 33 students, a 27x enrollment spread across the district's campuses.
Nci Charter School Without Walls accounts for 49.3% of all Bakerripley Community Schools student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Bakerripley Community Schools a distant remainder — means Bakerripley Community Schools-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.
Bakerripley Community Schools school enrollment varies 27× across entities
Bakerripley Community Schools school enrollment ranges from 33 students (lowest) to 891 students (highest), a spread of 858 students. That spread is wider than typical and predicts noticeable gaps in service quality between the highest and lowest areas. Per-school staffing ratios, programme availability, and capital-renovation cycles often diverge inside the same district based on enrollment shape.
Bakerripley Community Schools has higher-than-average Title I eligibility — 99.1% of the population qualifies for free or reduced-price lunch
free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is the federal threshold for Title I funding allocations, established under the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA, 2015). Eligibility here is a supermajority of the population — well past the 75% concentration-grant threshold that unlocks extra funding 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.
Bakerripley Community Schools student-counselor ratio is 447:1 — 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.
Bakerripley Community Schools chronic absenteeism rate is 32.4% — high (typically associated with higher-than-average disruption; recent CRDC data showed elevated rates persisting after pandemic-era schooling changes)
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 Higher values may reflect larger urban scale or recent resource constraints that have widened the gap.
Comparisons are relative to Bakerripley Community Schools's own figures; each column derives from NCES Common Core of Data and the F-33 Finance Survey.
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How many schools are in Bakerripley Community Schools?
Bakerripley Community Schools has 5 schools, including 4 combined, 1 middle. Total enrollment is 1,790 students.
How much does Bakerripley Community Schools spend per student?
Bakerripley Community Schools spends $10,741 per student. The district has an equity score of 46/100, ranking #592 in Texas.
What is the demographic composition of Bakerripley Community Schools?
Bakerripley Community Schools students are 72.1% Hispanic or Latino, 16.9% African American, 6.4% Asian, 3.2% White, averaged across 5 schools. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.
What is the equity score for Bakerripley Community Schools?
Bakerripley Community Schools has an equity score of 46/100, ranking #592 out of 1044 districts in Texas.