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Falfurrias, Texas - 5 schools
An equity score of 72/100 ranks Brooks County Isd #145 of 1044 districts in Texas (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $15,294 per pupil, Brooks County Isd ranks #262 of 1202 Texas districts by per-pupil spending (Texas districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
1,285
Total Enrollment
5
Schools
$15,294
Per-Pupil Spending
Elementary, High
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Brooks County Isd operates 5 public schools serving 1,285 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Texas. The school portfolio breaks down into 2 elementary, 1 high, 1 middle, 1 combined 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 Brooks County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $15,294 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 27.5% local, 37.6% state, and 34.9% 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 72/100, ranked #145 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 199:1 student-counselor ratio, that meets the ASCA-recommended benchmark, and 45.6% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 97.4% Hispanic or Latino, 2.2% White, 0.2% Asian across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Falfurrias Innovation Academy, with a diversity index of 7.7/100.
Its largest campus is Falfurrias H S, enrolling 370 students (31% of the district's total enrollment).
Falfurrias H S accounts for 28.8% of all Brooks County Isd student enrollment
That dominant concentration means Brooks County 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.
Brooks County Isd school enrollment varies 3.0× across entities
Brooks County Isd school enrollment ranges from 124 students (lowest) to 370 students (highest), a spread of 246 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.
Brooks County Isd has higher-than-average Title I eligibility — 94.0% 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). Eligibility here is a supermajority of the population — well past the 75% concentration-grant threshold that unlocks extra funding 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.
Brooks County Isd student-counselor ratio is 199:1 — 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.
Brooks County Isd chronic absenteeism rate is 45.6% — well above typical (typically associated with unusually large scale or acute resource constraints)
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 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.
Brooks County Isd has 5 schools, including 1 high, 1 middle, 2 elementary, 1 combined. Total enrollment is 1,285 students.
How much does Brooks County Isd spend per student?
Brooks County Isd spends $15,294 per student. The district has an equity score of 72/100, ranking #145 in Texas.
What is the demographic composition of Brooks County Isd?
Brooks County Isd students are 97.4% Hispanic or Latino, 2.2% White, 0.2% Asian, 0.1% African American, averaged across 5 schools. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.
What is the equity score for Brooks County Isd?
Brooks County Isd has an equity score of 72/100, ranking #145 out of 1044 districts in Texas.