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Decatur, Texas - 6 schools
An equity score of 19/100 ranks Decatur Isd #984 of 1044 districts in Texas (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $10,982 per pupil, Decatur Isd ranks #977 of 1202 Texas districts by per-pupil spending (Texas districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
3,838
Total Enrollment
6
Schools
$10,982
Per-Pupil Spending
Combined, High
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Decatur Isd operates 6 public schools serving 3,838 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Texas. The school portfolio breaks down into 3 combined, 1 high, 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 Wise County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $10,982 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, in the lower half of 1202 Texas districts by per-pupil spending. See how Texas compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 67.5% local, 19.7% state, and 12.8% 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 19/100, ranked #984 of 1044 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 6 schools offering Advanced Placement (15 AP courses district-wide), a 431.9:1 student-counselor ratio, above both the ASCA benchmark and the roughly 408:1 national average, and 15.5% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 57.6% White, 37.3% Hispanic or Latino, 0.9% African American across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Young El, with a diversity index of 53.2/100.
Its largest campus is Decatur H S, enrolling 1,163 students (31% of the district's total enrollment). Its smallest is Stem Academy at Enis El, at 380 students, a 3x enrollment spread across the district's campuses.
Decatur H S accounts for 30.3% of all Decatur Isd student enrollment
That dominant concentration means Decatur Isd-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the dominant entity. Grade band: high. 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.
Decatur Isd school enrollment varies 3.1× across entities
Decatur Isd school enrollment ranges from 380 students (lowest) to 1,163 students (highest), a spread of 783 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.
Decatur Isd student-counselor ratio is 432:1 — high (typically associated with staffing constraints that limit per-student counselor time; CRDC data shows higher ratios cluster in larger urban systems)
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 Higher values may reflect larger urban scale or recent resource constraints that have widened the gap.
Decatur Isd chronic absenteeism rate is 15.5% — 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 Decatur Isd is typically wider than the Decatur Isd-aggregate figure suggests.