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Corpus Christi, Texas - 1 schools
At $16,464 per pupil, Dr M L Garza-Gonzalez Charter School ranks #177 of 1202 Texas districts by per-pupil spending (Texas districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
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District-Level NCES Analysis
Dr M L Garza-Gonzalez Charter School operates 1 public schools serving 180 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 Nueces County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $16,464 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 5.7% local, 60.6% state, and 33.7% federal, a state-revenue-heavy mix that insulates the district somewhat from local property-tax volatility, though it ties funding to state budget cycles.
a 147:1 student-counselor ratio, that meets the ASCA-recommended benchmark, and 44.2% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 89.1% Hispanic or Latino, 8.2% African American, 2.0% White across the district's schools.
Dr M L Garza-Gonzalez Charter School accounts for 81.7% of all Dr M L Garza-Gonzalez Charter School student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Dr M L Garza-Gonzalez Charter School a distant remainder — means Dr M L Garza-Gonzalez Charter School-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.
Dr M L Garza-Gonzalez Charter School has higher-than-average Title I eligibility — 94.4% 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). Eligibility here is a supermajority of the population — well past the 75% concentration-grant threshold that unlocks extra funding 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.
Dr M L Garza-Gonzalez Charter School student-counselor ratio is 147:1 — well below typical (typically associated with unusually small scale or exceptionally high per-unit investment)
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 below typical often correlate with unusually small scale or population characteristics rather than higher resource budgets per se — worth checking whether the underlying denominator is itself an outlier.
Dr M L Garza-Gonzalez Charter School chronic absenteeism rate is 44.2% — 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.
Comparisons are relative to Dr M L Garza-Gonzalez Charter School's own figures; each column derives from NCES Common Core of Data and the F-33 Finance Survey.
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How many schools are in Dr M L Garza-Gonzalez Charter School?
Dr M L Garza-Gonzalez Charter School has 1 school, including 1 combined. Total enrollment is 180 students.
How much does Dr M L Garza-Gonzalez Charter School spend per student?
Dr M L Garza-Gonzalez Charter School spends $16,464 per student.
What is the demographic composition of Dr M L Garza-Gonzalez Charter School?
Dr M L Garza-Gonzalez Charter School students are 89.1% Hispanic or Latino, 8.2% African American, 2.0% White, averaged across 1 school. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.