At $31,961 per pupil, Essence Preparatory Charter School ranks #10 of 1207 Texas districts by per-pupil spending (Texas districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
103
Total Enrollment
1
Schools
$31,961
Per-Pupil Spending
Combined
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Essence Preparatory Charter School operates 1 public schools serving 103 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 Bexar County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $31,961 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, among the top 121 of 1207 Texas districts by per-pupil spending. See how Texas compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis.
. Demographically, the student body averages 70.7% African American, 26.6% Hispanic or Latino, 1.4% White across the district's schools.
Enrollment across the district's NCES-reporting campuses grew 74.8% between 2022-23 and 2023-24 (103 to 180 students), while the student-teacher ratio widened by 9.0 students per teacher, per the NCES Common Core of Data annual universe files.
Of the district's $3,495,000 in reported FY2023 expenditures, 44% went to instruction, 48% 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.
Essence Preparatory Charter School accounts for 100.0% of all Essence Preparatory Charter School student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Essence Preparatory Charter School a distant remainder — means Essence Preparatory 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.
Comparisons are relative to Essence Preparatory 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 Essence Preparatory Charter School?
Essence Preparatory Charter School has 1 school, including 1 combined. Total enrollment is 103 students.
How much does Essence Preparatory Charter School spend per student?
Essence Preparatory Charter School spends $31,961 per student.
What is the demographic composition of Essence Preparatory Charter School?
Essence Preparatory Charter School students are 70.7% African American, 26.6% Hispanic or Latino, 1.4% White, 0.5% Asian, averaged across 1 school. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.