An equity score of 69/100 ranks Commerce Isd #202 of 1047 districts in Texas (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $15,903 per pupil, Commerce Isd ranks #268 of 1207 Texas districts by per-pupil spending (Texas districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
1,517
Total Enrollment
4
Schools
$15,903
Per-Pupil Spending
High, Combined
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Commerce Isd operates 4 public schools serving 1,517 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Texas. The school portfolio breaks down into 1 high, 1 combined, 1 middle, 1 elementary 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 Hunt County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $15,903 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, in the upper half of 1207 Texas districts by per-pupil spending. See how Texas compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 34.4% local, 44.7% state, and 20.8% 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 69/100, ranked #202 of 1047 in Texas against a state average of 50, notably more even than the typical district in the state for how evenly funding reaches its schools.
Academic infrastructure includes 1 of 4 schools offering Advanced Placement (4 AP courses district-wide), and 36.9% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 41.0% White, 27.3% Hispanic or Latino, 23.8% African American across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Commerce Middle, with a diversity index of 71.8/100.
Its largest campus is Commerce H S, enrolling 456 students (30% of the district's total enrollment).
Commerce H S accounts for 29.6% of all Commerce Isd student enrollment
That dominant concentration means Commerce 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.
The reported share sits between 62.5% and 75%, above a simple majority but below the highest descriptive band used here. 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.
Commerce Isd chronic absenteeism rate is 36.9% — 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.