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Cleburne, Texas - 12 schools
An equity score of 37/100 ranks Cleburne Isd #728 of 1044 districts in Texas (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $11,011 per pupil, Cleburne Isd ranks #974 of 1202 Texas districts by per-pupil spending (Texas districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
7,243
Total Enrollment
12
Schools
$11,011
Per-Pupil Spending
Combined, High
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Cleburne Isd operates 12 public schools serving 7,243 students, placing it among the smaller districts in Texas. The school portfolio breaks down into 7 combined, 3 high, 2 middle 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 Johnson County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $11,011 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 50.6% local, 34.8% state, and 14.5% 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 37/100, ranked #728 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 1 of 12 schools offering Advanced Placement (19 AP courses district-wide), a 405.2:1 student-counselor ratio, well above the ASCA benchmark though still under the roughly 408:1 national average, and 26.0% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 45.5% Hispanic or Latino, 43.6% White, 3.7% African American across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Marti El, with a diversity index of 61.0/100.
Its largest campus is Cleburne H S, enrolling 1,849 students (27% of the district's total enrollment). Its smallest is J J a E P, at 1 students, a 1849x enrollment spread across the district's campuses.
Cleburne H S accounts for 25.5% of all Cleburne Isd student enrollment
That concentration means Cleburne Isd-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.
Cleburne Isd school enrollment varies 1849× across entities
Cleburne Isd school enrollment ranges from 1 students (lowest) to 1,849 students (highest), a spread of 1,848 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.
Cleburne Isd has higher-than-average Title I eligibility — 66.5% 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). Eligibility here is approaching the 75% concentration-grant threshold; it does not yet unlock the extra funding tier but sits meaningfully above the baseline 50% majority mark. 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.
Cleburne Isd student-counselor ratio is 405:1 — 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.
Cleburne Isd chronic absenteeism rate is 26.0% — 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 Cleburne Isd is typically wider than the Cleburne Isd-aggregate figure suggests.