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Brownwood, Texas - 7 schools
An equity score of 47/100 ranks Brownwood Isd #575 of 1044 districts in Texas (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $11,734 per pupil, Brownwood Isd ranks #830 of 1202 Texas districts by per-pupil spending (Texas districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
3,443
Total Enrollment
7
Schools
$11,734
Per-Pupil Spending
Combined, High
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Brownwood Isd operates 7 public schools serving 3,443 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Texas. The school portfolio breaks down into 4 combined, 2 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 Brown County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $11,734 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 41.9% local, 36.2% state, and 21.9% 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 47/100, ranked #575 of 1044 in Texas against a state average of 50, in line with the typical spread seen across the state for how evenly funding reaches its schools.
Academic infrastructure includes 1 of 7 schools offering Advanced Placement (5 AP courses district-wide), a 256.1:1 student-counselor ratio, somewhat above the 250:1 ASCA recommendation, and 28.2% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 49.1% White, 41.9% Hispanic or Latino, 3.7% African American across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Northwest El, with a diversity index of 59.4/100.
Its largest campus is Brownwood H S, enrolling 935 students (28% of the district's total enrollment). Its smallest is Brownwood Accelerated H S, at 17 students, a 55x enrollment spread across the district's campuses.
Brownwood H S accounts for 27.2% of all Brownwood Isd student enrollment
That dominant concentration means Brownwood 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.
Brownwood Isd school enrollment varies 55× across entities
Brownwood Isd school enrollment ranges from 17 students (lowest) to 935 students (highest), a spread of 918 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.
Brownwood Isd has higher-than-average Title I eligibility — 64.6% 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 approaching the 75% concentration-grant threshold; it does not yet unlock the extra funding tier but sits meaningfully above the baseline 50% majority mark. 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.
Brownwood Isd student-counselor ratio is 256:1 — 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 Brownwood Isd is typically wider than the Brownwood Isd-aggregate figure suggests.
Brownwood Isd chronic absenteeism rate is 28.2% — 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 Brownwood Isd is typically wider than the Brownwood Isd-aggregate figure suggests.