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Dodd City, Texas - 1 schools
An equity score of 51/100 ranks Dodd City Isd #509 of 1044 districts in Texas (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $12,204 per pupil, Dodd City Isd ranks #736 of 1202 Texas districts by per-pupil spending (Texas districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
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District-Level NCES Analysis
Dodd City Isd operates 1 public schools serving 331 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Texas. The school portfolio breaks down into 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 Fannin County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $12,204 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 23.9% local, 64.1% state, and 12.0% federal, a state-revenue-heavy mix that insulates the district somewhat from local property-tax volatility, though it ties funding to state budget cycles. The district's equity score is 51/100, ranked #509 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.
a 308:1 student-counselor ratio, somewhat above the 250:1 ASCA recommendation, and 11.4% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 86.7% White, 11.0% Hispanic or Latino, 0.3% Asian across the district's schools.
Its largest campus is Dodd City School, enrolling 308 students (100% of the district's total enrollment).
Dodd City School accounts for 93.1% of all Dodd City Isd student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Dodd City Isd a distant remainder — means Dodd City 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.
Dodd City Isd student-counselor ratio is 308:1 — 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 Dodd City Isd is typically wider than the Dodd City Isd-aggregate figure suggests.
Dodd City Isd chronic absenteeism rate is 11.4% — low (typically associated with lower-than-average attendance disruption; districts in this range often have attendance interventions, robust transportation, or smaller catchments that reduce barriers)
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 Lower values often correlate with smaller scale and population characteristics rather than higher resource budgets per se.