An equity score of 30/100 ranks Columbia-Brazoria Isd #851 of 1047 districts in Texas (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $11,619 per pupil, Columbia-Brazoria Isd ranks #938 of 1207 Texas districts by per-pupil spending (Texas districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
2,927
Total Enrollment
6
Schools
$11,619
Per-Pupil Spending
Combined, Elementary
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Columbia-Brazoria Isd operates 6 public schools serving 2,927 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Texas. The school portfolio breaks down into 2 combined, 2 elementary, 1 middle, 1 high 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 Brazoria County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $11,619 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 51.2% local, 33.9% state, and 14.9% 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 30/100, ranked #851 of 1047 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 6 schools offering Advanced Placement (4 AP courses district-wide), a 484.9:1 student-counselor ratio, above both the ASCA benchmark and the roughly 408:1 national average, and 33.9% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 45.7% White, 33.0% Hispanic or Latino, 17.3% African American across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Wild Peach El, with a diversity index of 59.4/100.
Its largest campus is Columbia H S, enrolling 885 students (31% of the district's total enrollment). Its smallest is Brazoria Co J J a E P, at 4 students, a 221x enrollment spread across the district's campuses.
Columbia H S accounts for 30.2% of all Columbia-Brazoria Isd student enrollment
That dominant concentration means Columbia-Brazoria Isd-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the largest entity. Grade band: combined. 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.
Columbia-Brazoria Isd school enrollment varies 221× across entities
Columbia-Brazoria Isd school enrollment ranges from 4 students (lowest) to 885 students (highest), a spread of 881 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.
The reported share clears the 50% majority mark. 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.
Columbia-Brazoria Isd student-counselor ratio is 485:1 — 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.
Columbia-Brazoria Isd chronic absenteeism rate is 33.9% — 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.