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Canyon, Texas - 21 schools
An equity score of 12/100 ranks Canyon Isd #1021 of 1044 districts in Texas (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $9,055 per pupil, Canyon Isd ranks #1170 of 1202 Texas districts by per-pupil spending (Texas districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
11,075
Total Enrollment
21
Schools
$9,055
Per-Pupil Spending
Combined, High
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Canyon Isd operates 21 public schools serving 11,075 students, placing it in the mid-size range in Texas. The school portfolio breaks down into 10 combined, 4 high, 4 elementary, 3 middle 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 Randall County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $9,055 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 61.3% local, 28.4% 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 12/100, ranked #1021 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 2 of 21 schools offering Advanced Placement (23 AP courses district-wide), a 396.9:1 student-counselor ratio, well above the ASCA benchmark though still under the roughly 408:1 national average, and 15.4% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 57.8% White, 33.0% Hispanic or Latino, 4.2% African American across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Youth Ctr of High Plains, with a diversity index of 67.6/100.
Its largest campus is West Plains H S, enrolling 1,221 students (11% of the district's total enrollment). Its smallest is Youth Ctr of High Plains, at 40 students, a 31x enrollment spread across the district's campuses.
Canyon Isd school enrollment varies 31× across entities
Canyon Isd school enrollment ranges from 40 students (lowest) to 1,221 students (highest), a spread of 1,181 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.
Canyon Isd student-counselor ratio is 397:1 — 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.
Canyon Isd chronic absenteeism rate is 15.4% — 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 Canyon Isd is typically wider than the Canyon Isd-aggregate figure suggests.