An equity score of 70/100 ranks Edcouch-Elsa Isd #179 of 1047 districts in Texas (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $16,208 per pupil, Edcouch-Elsa Isd ranks #245 of 1207 Texas districts by per-pupil spending (Texas districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
4,366
Total Enrollment
9
Schools
$16,208
Per-Pupil Spending
Elementary, High
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Edcouch-Elsa Isd operates 9 public schools serving 4,366 students, placing it among the smaller districts in Texas. The school portfolio breaks down into 4 elementary, 2 high, 2 middle, 1 combined 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 Hidalgo County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $16,208 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, in the upper half of 1207 Texas districts by per-pupil spending. See how Texas compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 9.4% local, 72.8% state, and 17.8% 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 70/100, ranked #179 of 1047 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.
Academic infrastructure includes 1 of 9 schools offering Advanced Placement (3 AP courses district-wide), a 367.5:1 student-counselor ratio, well above the ASCA benchmark though still under the roughly 408:1 national average, and 53.8% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 99.8% Hispanic or Latino, 0.2% White across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is L B J El, with a diversity index of 1.8/100.
Its largest campus is Edcouch-Elsa H S, enrolling 1,309 students (30% of the district's total enrollment). Its smallest is Edcouch-Elsa H S Academy, at 70 students, a 19x enrollment spread across the district's campuses.
Edcouch-Elsa H S accounts for 30.0% of all Edcouch-Elsa Isd student enrollment
That dominant concentration means Edcouch-Elsa Isd-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the largest entity. Grade band: high. The share measures enrollment concentration only; it does not establish how the district allocates programs, capital, or staff. Enrollment-weighted aggregates give this entity more weight than any smaller peer, while an unweighted entity average treats every record equally.
Edcouch-Elsa Isd school enrollment varies 19× across entities
Edcouch-Elsa Isd school enrollment ranges from 70 students (lowest) to 1,309 students (highest), a spread of 1,239 students. That spread reflects typical mixed-portfolio variation between specialty programs and large neighbourhood schools. Per-school staffing ratios, programme availability, and capital-renovation cycles often diverge inside the same district based on enrollment shape.
The reported share is above 87.5%, so economic need is widespread across the measured student population. Title I operates under the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA, 2015), but its statutory allocation uses additional LEA-level counts and rules not represented by this average. This percentage is an economic-need context measure; it does not establish a Title I award, show dollars received, or describe how funds are distributed among campuses.
Edcouch-Elsa Isd student-counselor ratio is 368:1 — 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.
Edcouch-Elsa Isd chronic absenteeism rate is 53.8% — 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.