An equity score of 73/100 ranks Cotulla Isd #139 of 1047 districts in Texas (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $21,168 per pupil, Cotulla Isd ranks #69 of 1207 Texas districts by per-pupil spending (Texas districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
1,170
Total Enrollment
4
Schools
$21,168
Per-Pupil Spending
Combined, High
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Cotulla Isd operates 4 public schools serving 1,170 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Texas. The school portfolio breaks down into 2 combined, 1 high, 1 middle 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 La Salle County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $21,168 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, among the top 121 of 1207 Texas districts by per-pupil spending. See how Texas compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 69.9% local, 14.7% state, and 15.4% 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 73/100, ranked #139 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 (1 AP courses district-wide), a 289.3:1 student-counselor ratio, somewhat above the 250:1 ASCA recommendation, and 33.6% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 95.1% Hispanic or Latino, 3.8% White, 0.4% Asian across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Cotulla H S, with a diversity index of 12.4/100.
Its largest campus is Ramirez-Burks El, enrolling 468 students (40% of the district's total enrollment). Its smallest is Encinal El, at 74 students, a 6x enrollment spread across the district's campuses.
Ramirez-Burks El accounts for 40.0% of all Cotulla Isd student enrollment
That dominant concentration means Cotulla 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.
Cotulla Isd school enrollment varies 6.3× across entities
Cotulla Isd school enrollment ranges from 74 students (lowest) to 468 students (highest), a spread of 394 students. That relatively narrow ratio reflects an unusually homogeneous campus portfolio, most districts have a wider mix of school sizes. 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.
Cotulla Isd student-counselor ratio is 289:1 — near the typical range (US average ~408) — within the typical range for U.S. public districts
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 Variation between sub-units within Cotulla Isd is typically wider than the Cotulla Isd-aggregate figure suggests.
Cotulla Isd chronic absenteeism rate is 33.6% — 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.