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Katy, Texas - 2 schools
An equity score of 25/100 ranks Calvin Nelms Charter Schools #922 of 1044 districts in Texas (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $9,566 per pupil, Calvin Nelms Charter Schools ranks #1148 of 1202 Texas districts by per-pupil spending (Texas districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
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District-Level NCES Analysis
Calvin Nelms Charter Schools operates 2 public schools serving 313 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Texas. The school portfolio breaks down into 1 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 Harris County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $9,566 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 2.5% local, 95.9% state, and 1.6% federal, a state-revenue-heavy mix that insulates the district somewhat from local property-tax volatility, though it ties funding to state budget cycles. The district's equity score is 25/100, ranked #922 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.
a 160:1 student-counselor ratio, that meets the ASCA-recommended benchmark, and 5.2% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 61.3% Hispanic or Latino, 15.4% African American, 13.9% White across the district's schools.
Its largest campus is Calvin Nelms H S, enrolling 183 students (53% of the district's total enrollment).
Calvin Nelms H S accounts for 53.4% of all Calvin Nelms Charter Schools student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Calvin Nelms Charter Schools a distant remainder — means Calvin Nelms Charter Schools-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.
Calvin Nelms Charter Schools student-counselor ratio is 160:1 — well below typical (typically associated with unusually small scale or exceptionally high per-unit investment)
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 below typical often correlate with unusually small scale or population characteristics rather than higher resource budgets per se — worth checking whether the underlying denominator is itself an outlier.
Calvin Nelms Charter Schools chronic absenteeism rate is 5.2% — well below typical (typically associated with unusually small scale or exceptionally high per-unit investment)
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 below typical often correlate with unusually small scale or population characteristics rather than higher resource budgets per se — worth checking whether the underlying denominator is itself an outlier.