BROOKESMITH ISD operates 6 public schools serving 188 students, placing it among the smaller districts in Texas. The school portfolio breaks down into 4 other, 1 high, 1 elementary schools, giving families a clear picture of grade-band coverage before they move, rent, or enrol. Aggregated across those campuses, enrollment totals 172 pupils using the NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) 2022-23 release, and the district is geographically located in Brown County County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $19,340 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, which aggregates every revenue and spending line reported under federal accounting standards. The funding mix is 36.9% local, 53.4% state, and 9.7% federal — a breakdown that matters because districts leaning heavily on local revenue are more exposed to property-tax swings, while higher federal shares typically track Title I concentration. Average teacher compensation clocks in at $110,419 per NCES F-33, a signal of the district's ability to recruit and retain staff against neighbouring districts.
a 154.4:1 student-counselor ratio that meets the ASCA-recommended benchmark, and 62.0% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 38.3% White, 30.7% Hispanic or Latino, 23.2% African American across the district's schools.
Brookesmith School accounts for 80.8% of all BROOKESMITH ISD student enrollment
That concentration — well above the 8.4% national median for largest-entity share — means BROOKESMITH ISD-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the dominant entity. Grade band: other. 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.
BROOKESMITH ISD school enrollment varies 70× across entities
BROOKESMITH ISD school enrollment ranges from 2 students (lowest) to 139 students (highest), a spread of 137 students. That ratio is among the widest observed and reflects extreme enrollment heterogeneity — the district operates both small specialty programs and large comprehensive campuses inside a single budgeting unit. Per-school staffing ratios, programme availability, and capital-renovation cycles often diverge inside the same district based on enrollment shape.
BROOKESMITH ISD student-counselor ratio is 154:1 — 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.
BROOKESMITH ISD chronic absenteeism rate is 62.0% — 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.