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Cotton Center, Texas - 1 schools
At $21,657 per pupil, Cotton Center Isd ranks #50 of 1202 Texas districts by per-pupil spending (Texas districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
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District-Level NCES Analysis
Cotton Center Isd operates 1 public schools serving 100 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Texas. The school portfolio breaks down into 1 combined 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 Hale County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $21,657 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, among the top 121 of 1202 Texas districts by per-pupil spending. See how Texas compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 15.5% local, 71.7% state, and 12.8% federal, a state-revenue-heavy mix that insulates the district somewhat from local property-tax volatility, though it ties funding to state budget cycles.
and 11.0% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 52.0% Hispanic or Latino, 42.0% White, 3.0% Asian across the district's schools.
Its largest campus is Cotton Center School, enrolling 100 students (100% of the district's total enrollment).
Cotton Center School accounts for 100.0% of all Cotton Center Isd student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Cotton Center Isd a distant remainder — means Cotton Center Isd-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the dominant entity. Grade band: combined. 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.
Cotton Center Isd has higher-than-average Title I eligibility — 59.0% 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.
Cotton Center Isd chronic absenteeism rate is 11.0% — low (typically associated with lower-than-average attendance disruption; districts in this range often have attendance interventions, robust transportation, or smaller catchments that reduce barriers)
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 Lower values often correlate with smaller scale and population characteristics rather than higher resource budgets per se.
Cotton Center Isd has 1 school, including 1 combined. Total enrollment is 100 students.
How much does Cotton Center Isd spend per student?
Cotton Center Isd spends $21,657 per student.
What is the demographic composition of Cotton Center Isd?
Cotton Center Isd students are 52.0% Hispanic or Latino, 42.0% White, 3.0% Asian, 1.0% African American, averaged across 1 school. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.