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El Campo, Texas - 5 schools
An equity score of 44/100 ranks El Campo Isd #623 of 1044 districts in Texas (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $12,198 per pupil, El Campo Isd ranks #739 of 1202 Texas districts by per-pupil spending (Texas districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
3,349
Total Enrollment
5
Schools
$12,198
Per-Pupil Spending
Elementary, High
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
El Campo Isd operates 5 public schools serving 3,349 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Texas. The school portfolio breaks down into 2 elementary, 1 high, 1 middle, 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 Wharton County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $12,198 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 37.0% local, 44.4% state, and 18.6% 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 44/100, ranked #623 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 5 schools offering Advanced Placement (7 AP courses district-wide), a 382.8:1 student-counselor ratio, well above the ASCA benchmark though still under the roughly 408:1 national average, and 24.8% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 69.7% Hispanic or Latino, 20.9% White, 8.0% African American across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is El Campo H S, with a diversity index of 52.1/100.
Its largest campus is El Campo H S, enrolling 1,002 students (31% of the district's total enrollment).
El Campo H S accounts for 29.9% of all El Campo Isd student enrollment
That dominant concentration means El Campo 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.
El Campo Isd school enrollment varies 2.4× across entities
El Campo Isd school enrollment ranges from 421 students (lowest) to 1,002 students (highest), a spread of 581 students. That relatively narrow ratio reflects an unusually homogeneous campus portfolio, most districts have a wider mix of school sizes. Per-school staffing ratios, programme availability, and capital-renovation cycles often diverge inside the same district based on enrollment shape.
El Campo Isd has higher-than-average Title I eligibility — 67.1% 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 approaching the 75% concentration-grant threshold; it does not yet unlock the extra funding tier but sits meaningfully above the baseline 50% majority mark. 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.
El Campo 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.
El Campo Isd chronic absenteeism rate is 24.8% — 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 El Campo Isd is typically wider than the El Campo Isd-aggregate figure suggests.
El Campo Isd has 5 schools, including 1 high, 1 middle, 2 elementary, 1 combined. Total enrollment is 3,349 students.
How much does El Campo Isd spend per student?
El Campo Isd spends $12,198 per student. The district has an equity score of 44/100, ranking #623 in Texas.
What is the demographic composition of El Campo Isd?
El Campo Isd students are 69.7% Hispanic or Latino, 20.9% White, 8.0% African American, 0.2% Asian, averaged across 5 schools. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.
What is the equity score for El Campo Isd?
El Campo Isd has an equity score of 44/100, ranking #623 out of 1044 districts in Texas.