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Carrollton, Texas - 40 schools
An equity score of 36/100 ranks Carrollton-Farmers Branch Isd #743 of 1044 districts in Texas (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $12,305 per pupil, Carrollton-Farmers Branch Isd ranks #717 of 1202 Texas districts by per-pupil spending (Texas districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
24,747
Total Enrollment
40
Schools
$12,305
Per-Pupil Spending
Combined, High
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Carrollton-Farmers Branch Isd operates 40 public schools serving 24,747 students, placing it in the mid-size range in Texas. The school portfolio breaks down into 22 combined, 7 high, 6 middle, 5 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 Dallas County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $12,305 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 74.2% local, 12.4% state, and 13.4% 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 36/100, ranked #743 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 5 of 40 schools offering Advanced Placement (83 AP courses district-wide), a 422:1 student-counselor ratio, above both the ASCA benchmark and the roughly 408:1 national average, and 30.2% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 60.0% Hispanic or Latino, 14.3% African American, 11.4% Asian across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Rainwater El, with a diversity index of 76.5/100.
Its largest campus is Turner H S, enrolling 2,035 students (8% of the district's total enrollment). Its smallest is Denton County Jjaep Cfb Campus, at 2 students, a 1018x enrollment spread across the district's campuses.
Carrollton-Farmers Branch Isd school enrollment varies 1018× across entities
Carrollton-Farmers Branch Isd school enrollment ranges from 2 students (lowest) to 2,035 students (highest), a spread of 2,033 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.
Carrollton-Farmers Branch Isd has higher-than-average Title I eligibility — 56.9% 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). Areas above 75% eligibility receive concentration grants 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.
Carrollton-Farmers Branch Isd student-counselor ratio is 422:1 — 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.
Carrollton-Farmers Branch Isd chronic absenteeism rate is 30.2% — high (typically associated with higher-than-average disruption; recent CRDC data showed elevated rates persisting after pandemic-era schooling changes)
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 Higher values may reflect larger urban scale or recent resource constraints that have widened the gap.
Comparisons are relative to Carrollton-Farmers Branch Isd's own figures; each column derives from NCES Common Core of Data and the F-33 Finance Survey.
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