At $13,897 per pupil, Elevate Collegiate Charter School ranks #530 of 1207 Texas districts by per-pupil spending (Texas districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
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District-Level NCES Analysis
Elevate Collegiate Charter School operates 1 public schools serving 117 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Texas. The school portfolio breaks down into 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 Harris County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $13,897 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 28.6% local, 28.4% state, and 43.0% federal, a balanced mix across local, state, and federal sources, spreading budget risk across funding cycles rather than concentrating it in one.
and 10.9% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 82.8% African American, 14.1% Hispanic or Latino, 2.1% White across the district's schools.
Its largest campus is Elevate Collegiate, enrolling 192 students (100% of the district's total enrollment).
Enrollment across the district's NCES-reporting campuses grew 48.7% between 2022-23 and 2023-24 (117 to 174 students), while the student-teacher ratio widened by 3.2 students per teacher, per the NCES Common Core of Data annual universe files.
Of the district's $1,713,000 in reported FY2023 expenditures, 48.1% went to instruction, 41.9% to support services, and 0% to capital outlay, support-services-heavy relative to typical districts, reflecting spending on transportation, administration, or student services. Figures come from the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey's function-level breakdown, not the aggregate per-pupil figure above.
Elevate Collegiate accounts for 100.0% of all Elevate Collegiate Charter School student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Elevate Collegiate Charter School a distant remainder — means Elevate Collegiate Charter School-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the largest entity. Grade band: combined. The share measures enrollment concentration only; it does not establish how the district allocates programs, capital, or staff. Because it contains a majority of the affected population, enrollment-weighted aggregates will sit closer to this entity's reported fields than to those of smaller peers; an unweighted entity count answers a different question.
Elevate Collegiate Charter School reports 79.5% free-lunch eligibility
The reported share is at least 75%, indicating a high concentration of measured economic need. 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.
Elevate Collegiate Charter School chronic absenteeism rate is 10.9% — low (typically associated with lower-than-average attendance disruption; districts in this range often have attendance interventions, robust transportation, or smaller catchments that reduce barriers)
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 Lower values often correlate with smaller scale and population characteristics rather than higher resource budgets per se.
Comparisons are relative to Elevate Collegiate Charter School's own figures; each column derives from NCES Common Core of Data and the F-33 Finance Survey.
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How many schools are in Elevate Collegiate Charter School?
Elevate Collegiate Charter School has 1 school, including 1 combined. Total enrollment is 117 students.
How much does Elevate Collegiate Charter School spend per student?
Elevate Collegiate Charter School spends $13,897 per student.
What is the demographic composition of Elevate Collegiate Charter School?
Elevate Collegiate Charter School students are 82.8% African American, 14.1% Hispanic or Latino, 2.1% White, averaged across 1 school. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.