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Edcouch, Texas - 9 schools
An equity score of 57/100 ranks Edcouch-Elsa Isd #397 of 1044 districts in Texas (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $12,508 per pupil, Edcouch-Elsa Isd ranks #674 of 1202 Texas districts by per-pupil spending (Texas districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
4,366
Total Enrollment
9
Schools
$12,508
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 $12,508 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 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 57/100, ranked #397 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.
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 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.
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.
Edcouch-Elsa Isd has higher-than-average Title I eligibility — 93.0% 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.
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.