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Dilley, Texas - 3 schools
An equity score of 65/100 ranks Dilley Isd #274 of 1044 districts in Texas (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $14,644 per pupil, Dilley Isd ranks #316 of 1202 Texas districts by per-pupil spending (Texas districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
899
Total Enrollment
3
Schools
$14,644
Per-Pupil Spending
Combined, High
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Dilley Isd operates 3 public schools serving 899 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Texas. The school portfolio breaks down into 1 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 Frio County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $14,644 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 63.5% local, 19.9% state, and 16.6% 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 65/100, ranked #274 of 1044 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.
a 280.3:1 student-counselor ratio, somewhat above the 250:1 ASCA recommendation, and 51.1% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 93.8% Hispanic or Latino, 5.5% White, 0.2% African American across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Mary Harper Middle, with a diversity index of 13.4/100.
Its largest campus is Dilley El, enrolling 402 students (48% of the district's total enrollment).
Dilley El accounts for 44.7% of all Dilley Isd student enrollment
That dominant concentration means Dilley 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.
Dilley Isd school enrollment varies 2.2× across entities
Dilley Isd school enrollment ranges from 181 students (lowest) to 402 students (highest), a spread of 221 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.
Dilley Isd has higher-than-average Title I eligibility — 80.4% 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 — including this one — 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.
Dilley Isd student-counselor ratio is 280:1 — 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 Dilley Isd is typically wider than the Dilley Isd-aggregate figure suggests.
Dilley Isd chronic absenteeism rate is 51.1% — well above typical (typically associated with unusually large scale or acute resource constraints)
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 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.