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An equity score of 55/100 ranks Etoile Academy Charter School #435 of 1044 districts in Texas (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $11,982 per pupil, Etoile Academy Charter School ranks #790 of 1202 Texas districts by per-pupil spending (Texas districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
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District-Level NCES Analysis
Etoile Academy Charter School operates 1 public schools serving 512 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Texas. The school portfolio breaks down into 1 elementary 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 $11,982 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 0.2% local, 76.5% state, and 23.3% 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 55/100, ranked #435 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.
a 676:1 student-counselor ratio, above both the ASCA benchmark and the roughly 408:1 national average, and 9.0% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 46.4% Asian, 45.6% Hispanic or Latino, 6.7% African American across the district's schools.
Its largest campus is Etoile Academy Charter School, enrolling 676 students (100% of the district's total enrollment).
Etoile Academy Charter School accounts for 100.0% of all Etoile Academy Charter School student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Etoile Academy Charter School a distant remainder — means Etoile Academy Charter School-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the dominant entity. Grade band: elementary. 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.
Etoile Academy Charter School has higher-than-average Title I eligibility — 95.3% 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.
Etoile Academy Charter School student-counselor ratio is 676:1 — well above typical (typically associated with unusually large scale or acute resource constraints)
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 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.
Etoile Academy Charter School chronic absenteeism rate is 9.0% — well below typical (typically associated with unusually small scale or exceptionally high per-unit investment)
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 below typical often correlate with unusually small scale or population characteristics rather than higher resource budgets per se — worth checking whether the underlying denominator is itself an outlier.
Comparisons are relative to Etoile Academy 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 Etoile Academy Charter School?
Etoile Academy Charter School has 1 school, including 1 elementary. Total enrollment is 512 students.
How much does Etoile Academy Charter School spend per student?
Etoile Academy Charter School spends $11,982 per student. The district has an equity score of 55/100, ranking #435 in Texas.
What is the demographic composition of Etoile Academy Charter School?
Etoile Academy Charter School students are 46.4% Asian, 45.6% Hispanic or Latino, 6.7% African American, 0.9% White, averaged across 1 school. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.
What is the equity score for Etoile Academy Charter School?
Etoile Academy Charter School has an equity score of 55/100, ranking #435 out of 1044 districts in Texas.