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Burleson, Texas - 20 schools
An equity score of 15/100 ranks Burleson Isd #1008 of 1044 districts in Texas (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $9,643 per pupil, Burleson Isd ranks #1140 of 1202 Texas districts by per-pupil spending (Texas districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
12,865
Total Enrollment
20
Schools
$9,643
Per-Pupil Spending
Combined, High
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Burleson Isd operates 20 public schools serving 12,865 students, placing it in the mid-size range in Texas. The school portfolio breaks down into 11 combined, 4 high, 3 middle, 2 elementary schools, giving families a clear picture of grade-band coverage before they move, rent, or enrol. These enrollment and school figures come from the NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) 2024-25 release, and the district is based in Johnson County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $9,643 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 54.5% local, 35.1% state, and 10.4% federal, a local-revenue-heavy mix that leaves the district more exposed to property-tax swings and local ballot measures than state-funded peers. The district's equity score is 15/100, ranked #1008 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 3 of 20 schools offering Advanced Placement (41 AP courses district-wide), a 453:1 student-counselor ratio, above both the ASCA benchmark and the roughly 408:1 national average, and 21.2% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 54.2% White, 29.8% Hispanic or Latino, 9.2% African American across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Ann Brock El at Oak Grove, with a diversity index of 69.5/100.
Its largest campus is Burleson Centennial H S, enrolling 2,061 students (16% of the district's total enrollment). Its smallest is Johnson County Jjaep, at 6 students, a 344x enrollment spread across the district's campuses.
Burleson Centennial H S accounts for 16.0% of all Burleson Isd student enrollment
That concentration means Burleson Isd-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the dominant entity. Grade band: combined. 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.
Burleson Isd school enrollment varies 344× across entities
Burleson Isd school enrollment ranges from 6 students (lowest) to 2,061 students (highest), a spread of 2,055 students. That ratio is an extreme outlier spread — among the widest gaps observed anywhere in this dataset. Per-school staffing ratios, programme availability, and capital-renovation cycles often diverge inside the same district based on enrollment shape.
Burleson Isd student-counselor ratio is 453:1 — high (typically associated with staffing constraints that limit per-student counselor time; CRDC data shows higher ratios cluster in larger urban systems)
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 Higher values may reflect larger urban scale or recent resource constraints that have widened the gap.
Burleson Isd chronic absenteeism rate is 21.2% — 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 Burleson Isd is typically wider than the Burleson Isd-aggregate figure suggests.