An equity score of 50/100 ranks Channelview Isd #523 of 1047 districts in Texas (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $13,441 per pupil, Channelview Isd ranks #611 of 1207 Texas districts by per-pupil spending (Texas districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
9,520
Total Enrollment
11
Schools
$13,441
Per-Pupil Spending
Elementary, High
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Channelview Isd operates 11 public schools serving 9,520 students, placing it among the smaller districts in Texas. The school portfolio breaks down into 6 elementary, 2 high, 2 middle, 1 combined schools, a compact enough portfolio that families can compare every campus directly 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 Harris County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $13,441 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, in the lower half of 1207 Texas districts by per-pupil spending. See how Texas compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 42.7% local, 43.0% state, and 14.3% 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 50/100, ranked #523 of 1047 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 11 schools offering Advanced Placement (14 AP courses district-wide), a 525.3:1 student-counselor ratio, above both the ASCA benchmark and the roughly 408:1 national average, and 29.2% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 85.0% Hispanic or Latino, 7.9% African American, 4.9% White across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Harvey S Brown El, with a diversity index of 42.7/100.
Channelview H S accounts for 30.6% of all Channelview Isd student enrollment
That dominant concentration means Channelview Isd-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the largest entity. Grade band: high. The share measures enrollment concentration only; it does not establish how the district allocates programs, capital, or staff. Enrollment-weighted aggregates give this entity more weight than any smaller peer, while an unweighted entity average treats every record equally.
Channelview Isd school enrollment varies 30× across entities
Channelview Isd school enrollment ranges from 98 students (lowest) to 2,917 students (highest), a spread of 2,819 students. That spread is wider than typical and predicts noticeable gaps in service quality between the highest and lowest areas. Per-school staffing ratios, programme availability, and capital-renovation cycles often diverge inside the same district based on enrollment shape.
The reported share is at least 75%, indicating a high concentration of measured economic need. Title I operates under the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA, 2015), but its statutory allocation uses additional LEA-level counts and rules not represented by this average. This percentage is an economic-need context measure; it does not establish a Title I award, show dollars received, or describe how funds are distributed among campuses.
Channelview Isd student-counselor ratio is 525:1 — well above typical (typically associated with unusually large scale or acute resource constraints)
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 above typical often signal acute resource constraints or a structurally different scale than most peers — worth reading alongside the underlying counts, not the ratio alone.
Channelview Isd chronic absenteeism rate is 29.2% — 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 Channelview Isd is typically wider than the Channelview Isd-aggregate figure suggests.