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Dumas, Texas - 9 schools
An equity score of 28/100 ranks Dumas Isd #872 of 1044 districts in Texas (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $10,387 per pupil, Dumas Isd ranks #1062 of 1202 Texas districts by per-pupil spending (Texas districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
4,192
Total Enrollment
9
Schools
$10,387
Per-Pupil Spending
Combined, High
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Dumas Isd operates 9 public schools serving 4,192 students, placing it among the smaller districts in Texas. The school portfolio breaks down into 5 combined, 2 high, 1 elementary, 1 middle schools, a compact enough portfolio that families can compare every campus directly before they move, rent, or enrol. These enrollment and school figures come from the NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) 2024-25 release, and the district is based in Moore County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $10,387 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 48.9% local, 35.6% state, and 15.5% 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 28/100, ranked #872 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 9 schools offering Advanced Placement (7 AP courses district-wide), a 750.2:1 student-counselor ratio, above both the ASCA benchmark and the roughly 408:1 national average, and 21.1% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 81.6% Hispanic or Latino, 9.6% White, 3.8% Asian across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Dumas H S, with a diversity index of 38.5/100.
Its largest campus is Dumas H S, enrolling 1,192 students (28% of the district's total enrollment). Its smallest is North Plains Opportunity Center, at 35 students, a 34x enrollment spread across the district's campuses.
Dumas H S accounts for 27.6% of all Dumas Isd student enrollment
That dominant concentration means Dumas 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.
Dumas Isd school enrollment varies 34× across entities
Dumas Isd school enrollment ranges from 35 students (lowest) to 1,192 students (highest), a spread of 1,157 students. That ratio is among the widest observed and reflects extreme enrollment heterogeneity, the district operates both small specialty programs and large comprehensive campuses inside a single budgeting unit. Per-school staffing ratios, programme availability, and capital-renovation cycles often diverge inside the same district based on enrollment shape.
Dumas Isd has higher-than-average Title I eligibility — 60.6% 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 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.
Dumas Isd student-counselor ratio is 750:1 — 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.
Dumas Isd chronic absenteeism rate is 21.1% — 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 Dumas Isd is typically wider than the Dumas Isd-aggregate figure suggests.