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Ballinger, Texas - 5 schools
An equity score of 67/100 ranks Ballinger Isd #229 of 1044 districts in Texas (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $13,462 per pupil, Ballinger Isd ranks #494 of 1202 Texas districts by per-pupil spending (Texas districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
817
Total Enrollment
5
Schools
$13,462
Per-Pupil Spending
Combined, High
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Ballinger Isd operates 5 public schools serving 817 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 Runnels County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $13,462 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 32.3% local, 47.2% state, and 20.5% 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 67/100, ranked #229 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.
a 173.6:1 student-counselor ratio, that meets the ASCA-recommended benchmark, and 30.0% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 49.0% White, 49.0% Hispanic or Latino, 0.6% African American across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Ballinger El, with a diversity index of 54.0/100.
Its largest campus is Ballinger El, enrolling 377 students (49% of the district's total enrollment). Its smallest is Fairview Accelerated (Daep), at 1 students, a 377x enrollment spread across the district's campuses.
Ballinger El accounts for 46.1% of all Ballinger Isd student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Ballinger Isd a distant remainder — means Ballinger 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.
Ballinger Isd school enrollment varies 377× across entities
Ballinger Isd school enrollment ranges from 1 students (lowest) to 377 students (highest), a spread of 376 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.
Ballinger Isd has higher-than-average Title I eligibility — 51.1% 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). Areas above 75% eligibility 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.
Ballinger Isd student-counselor ratio is 174:1 — 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.
Ballinger Isd chronic absenteeism rate is 30.0% — 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 Ballinger Isd is typically wider than the Ballinger Isd-aggregate figure suggests.