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Danbury, Texas - 4 schools
An equity score of 52/100 ranks Danbury Isd #491 of 1044 districts in Texas (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $13,257 per pupil, Danbury Isd ranks #525 of 1202 Texas districts by per-pupil spending (Texas districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
737
Total Enrollment
4
Schools
$13,257
Per-Pupil Spending
High, Combined
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Danbury Isd operates 4 public schools serving 737 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Texas. The school portfolio breaks down into 2 high, 1 combined, 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 Brazoria County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $13,257 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, in the upper half of 1202 Texas districts by per-pupil spending. See how Texas compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 42.0% local, 48.9% state, and 9.1% 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 52/100, ranked #491 of 1044 in Texas against a state average of 50, in line with the typical spread seen across the state for how evenly funding reaches its schools.
and 16.8% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 70.5% White, 25.7% Hispanic or Latino, 0.2% African American across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Danbury H S, with a diversity index of 45.9/100.
Its largest campus is Danbury El, enrolling 297 students (44% of the district's total enrollment). Its smallest is Brazoria Co J J a E P, at 1 students, a 297x enrollment spread across the district's campuses.
Danbury El accounts for 40.3% of all Danbury Isd student enrollment
That dominant concentration means Danbury 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.
Danbury Isd school enrollment varies 297× across entities
Danbury Isd school enrollment ranges from 1 students (lowest) to 297 students (highest), a spread of 296 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.
Danbury Isd chronic absenteeism rate is 16.8% — 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 Danbury Isd is typically wider than the Danbury Isd-aggregate figure suggests.