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Bridge City, Texas - 4 schools
An equity score of 17/100 ranks Bridge City Isd #995 of 1044 districts in Texas (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $9,195 per pupil, Bridge City Isd ranks #1160 of 1202 Texas districts by per-pupil spending (Texas districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
3,144
Total Enrollment
4
Schools
$9,195
Per-Pupil Spending
High, Combined
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Bridge City Isd operates 4 public schools serving 3,144 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Texas. The school portfolio breaks down into 1 high, 1 combined, 1 elementary, 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 Orange County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $9,195 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, among the bottom 121 of 1202 Texas districts by per-pupil spending. See how Texas compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 39.4% local, 48.6% state, and 12.0% 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 17/100, ranked #995 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 1 of 4 schools offering Advanced Placement (11 AP courses district-wide), a 677.9:1 student-counselor ratio, above both the ASCA benchmark and the roughly 408:1 national average, and 18.6% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 70.5% White, 21.9% Hispanic or Latino, 2.2% Asian across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Bridge City El, with a diversity index of 46.4/100.
Its largest campus is Bridge City H S, enrolling 891 students (28% of the district's total enrollment).
Bridge City H S accounts for 28.2% of all Bridge City Isd student enrollment
That dominant concentration means Bridge City 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.
Bridge City Isd student-counselor ratio is 678:1 — well above typical (typically associated with unusually large scale or acute resource constraints)
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 Values this far above typical often signal acute resource constraints or a structurally different scale than most peers — worth reading alongside the underlying counts, not the ratio alone.
Bridge City Isd chronic absenteeism rate is 18.6% — 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 Bridge City Isd is typically wider than the Bridge City Isd-aggregate figure suggests.
Bridge City Isd has 4 schools, including 1 high, 1 combined, 1 elementary, 1 middle. Total enrollment is 3,144 students.
How much does Bridge City Isd spend per student?
Bridge City Isd spends $9,195 per student. The district has an equity score of 17/100, ranking #995 in Texas.
What is the demographic composition of Bridge City Isd?
Bridge City Isd students are 70.5% White, 21.9% Hispanic or Latino, 2.2% Asian, 1.6% African American, averaged across 4 schools. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.
What is the equity score for Bridge City Isd?
Bridge City Isd has an equity score of 17/100, ranking #995 out of 1044 districts in Texas.