An equity score of 64/100 ranks Brady Isd #283 of 1047 districts in Texas (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $14,564 per pupil, Brady Isd ranks #427 of 1207 Texas districts by per-pupil spending (Texas districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
956
Total Enrollment
3
Schools
$14,564
Per-Pupil Spending
Combined, High
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Brady Isd operates 3 public schools serving 956 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Texas. The school portfolio breaks down into 1 combined, 1 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 Mcculloch County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $14,564 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 38.3% local, 38.6% state, and 23.1% 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 #283 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.
a 257.7:1 student-counselor ratio, somewhat above the 250:1 ASCA recommendation, and 33.1% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 50.7% Hispanic or Latino, 44.7% White, 1.2% African American across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Brady H S, with a diversity index of 54.6/100.
Its largest campus is Brady El, enrolling 458 students (49% of the district's total enrollment).
Brady El accounts for 47.9% of all Brady Isd student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Brady Isd a distant remainder — means Brady 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.
Brady Isd school enrollment varies 2.2× across entities
Brady Isd school enrollment ranges from 206 students (lowest) to 458 students (highest), a spread of 252 students. That relatively narrow ratio reflects an unusually homogeneous campus portfolio, most districts have a wider mix of school sizes. Per-school staffing ratios, programme availability, and capital-renovation cycles often diverge inside the same district based on enrollment shape.
The reported share sits between 62.5% and 75%, above a simple majority but below the highest descriptive band used here. Title I operates under the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA, 2015), but its statutory allocation uses additional LEA-level counts and rules not represented by this average. This percentage is an economic-need context measure; it does not establish a Title I award, show dollars received, or describe how funds are distributed among campuses.
Brady Isd student-counselor ratio is 258:1 — near the typical range (US average ~408) — within the typical range for U.S. public districts
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 Variation between sub-units within Brady Isd is typically wider than the Brady Isd-aggregate figure suggests.
Brady Isd chronic absenteeism rate is 33.1% — 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.