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Belton, Texas - 18 schools
An equity score of 35/100 ranks Belton Isd #760 of 1044 districts in Texas (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $11,093 per pupil, Belton Isd ranks #957 of 1202 Texas districts by per-pupil spending (Texas districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
13,644
Total Enrollment
18
Schools
$11,093
Per-Pupil Spending
Elementary, Middle
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Belton Isd operates 18 public schools serving 13,644 students, placing it among the smaller districts in Texas. The school portfolio breaks down into 10 elementary, 4 middle, 3 high, 1 combined schools, a compact enough portfolio that families can compare every campus directly 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 Bell County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $11,093 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 38.5% local, 49.9% state, and 11.5% 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 35/100, ranked #760 of 1044 in Texas against a state average of 50, notably less even than the typical district in the state for how evenly funding reaches its schools.
Academic infrastructure includes 2 of 18 schools offering Advanced Placement (38 AP courses district-wide), a 421.1:1 student-counselor ratio, above both the ASCA benchmark and the roughly 408:1 national average, and 24.3% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 46.3% White, 37.0% Hispanic or Latino, 7.5% African American across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Tarver El, with a diversity index of 71.5/100.
Its largest campus is Lake Belton H S, enrolling 2,300 students (18% of the district's total enrollment). Its smallest is Leon Heights El, at 184 students, a 13x enrollment spread across the district's campuses.
Lake Belton H S accounts for 16.9% of all Belton Isd student enrollment
That concentration means Belton Isd-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the dominant entity. Grade band: high. 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.
Belton Isd school enrollment varies 13× across entities
Belton Isd school enrollment ranges from 184 students (lowest) to 2,300 students (highest), a spread of 2,116 students. That spread reflects typical mixed-portfolio variation between specialty programs and large neighbourhood schools. Per-school staffing ratios, programme availability, and capital-renovation cycles often diverge inside the same district based on enrollment shape.
Belton Isd student-counselor ratio is 421:1 — 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.
Belton Isd chronic absenteeism rate is 24.3% — 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 Belton Isd is typically wider than the Belton Isd-aggregate figure suggests.