An equity score of 25/100 ranks Dayton Isd #914 of 1047 districts in Texas (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $10,903 per pupil, Dayton Isd ranks #1049 of 1207 Texas districts by per-pupil spending (Texas districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
5,776
Total Enrollment
7
Schools
$10,903
Per-Pupil Spending
Elementary, High
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Dayton Isd operates 7 public schools serving 5,776 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Texas. The school portfolio breaks down into 3 elementary, 2 high, 1 middle, 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 Liberty County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $10,903 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 43.5% local, 40.7% state, and 15.8% 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 25/100, ranked #914 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 7 schools offering Advanced Placement (10 AP courses district-wide), a 521.9:1 student-counselor ratio, above both the ASCA benchmark and the roughly 408:1 national average, and 25.0% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 47.0% Hispanic or Latino, 43.8% White, 5.8% African American across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Colbert El, with a diversity index of 60.8/100.
Its largest campus is Dayton H S, enrolling 1,674 students (29% of the district's total enrollment). Its smallest is Fredda Nottingham Alternative Education Center, at 5 students, a 335x enrollment spread across the district's campuses.
Dayton H S accounts for 29.0% of all Dayton Isd student enrollment
That dominant concentration means Dayton 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.
Dayton Isd school enrollment varies 335× across entities
Dayton Isd school enrollment ranges from 5 students (lowest) to 1,674 students (highest), a spread of 1,669 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 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.
Dayton Isd student-counselor ratio is 522:1 — well above typical (typically associated with unusually large scale or acute resource constraints)
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 Values this far above typical often signal acute resource constraints or a structurally different scale than most peers — worth reading alongside the underlying counts, not the ratio alone.
Dayton Isd chronic absenteeism rate is 25.0% — 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 Dayton Isd is typically wider than the Dayton Isd-aggregate figure suggests.