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Duncanville, Texas - 18 schools
An equity score of 39/100 ranks Duncanville Isd #706 of 1044 districts in Texas (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $11,709 per pupil, Duncanville Isd ranks #838 of 1202 Texas districts by per-pupil spending (Texas districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
11,915
Total Enrollment
18
Schools
$11,709
Per-Pupil Spending
Combined, Middle
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Duncanville Isd operates 18 public schools serving 11,915 students, placing it among the smaller districts in Texas. The school portfolio breaks down into 11 combined, 3 middle, 3 elementary, 1 high 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 Dallas County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $11,709 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 46.5% local, 37.9% state, and 15.7% 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 39/100, ranked #706 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 18 schools offering Advanced Placement (25 AP courses district-wide), a 382.9:1 student-counselor ratio, well above the ASCA benchmark though still under the roughly 408:1 national average, and 35.0% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 55.5% Hispanic or Latino, 39.3% African American, 2.1% White across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is G W Kennemer Middle, with a diversity index of 56.5/100.
Its largest campus is Duncanville H S, enrolling 4,399 students (38% of the district's total enrollment). Its smallest is P a S S Learning Ctr, at 3 students, a 1466x enrollment spread across the district's campuses.
Duncanville H S accounts for 36.9% of all Duncanville Isd student enrollment
That dominant concentration means Duncanville 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.
Duncanville Isd school enrollment varies 1466× across entities
Duncanville Isd school enrollment ranges from 3 students (lowest) to 4,399 students (highest), a spread of 4,396 students. That ratio is an extreme outlier spread — among the widest gaps observed anywhere in this dataset. Per-school staffing ratios, programme availability, and capital-renovation cycles often diverge inside the same district based on enrollment shape.
Duncanville Isd has higher-than-average Title I eligibility — 77.9% 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.
Duncanville Isd student-counselor ratio is 383:1 — 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.
Duncanville Isd chronic absenteeism rate is 35.0% — high (typically associated with higher-than-average disruption; recent CRDC data showed elevated rates persisting after pandemic-era schooling changes)
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 Higher values may reflect larger urban scale or recent resource constraints that have widened the gap.