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Farwell, Texas - 3 schools
An equity score of 65/100 ranks Farwell Isd #277 of 1044 districts in Texas (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $13,267 per pupil, Farwell Isd ranks #523 of 1202 Texas districts by per-pupil spending (Texas districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
606
Total Enrollment
3
Schools
$13,267
Per-Pupil Spending
Combined, High
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Farwell Isd operates 3 public schools serving 606 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Texas. The school portfolio breaks down into 1 combined, 1 high, 1 middle 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 Parmer County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $13,267 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, in the upper half of 1202 Texas districts by per-pupil spending. See how Texas compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 26.5% local, 60.1% state, and 13.4% 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 65/100, ranked #277 of 1044 in Texas against a state average of 50, notably more even than the typical district in the state for how evenly funding reaches its schools.
a 477.2:1 student-counselor ratio, above both the ASCA benchmark and the roughly 408:1 national average, and 7.8% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 56.0% Hispanic or Latino, 42.8% White, 0.2% Asian across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Farwell J H, with a diversity index of 51.9/100.
Its largest campus is Farwell El, enrolling 279 students (47% of the district's total enrollment).
Farwell El accounts for 46.0% of all Farwell Isd student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Farwell Isd a distant remainder — means Farwell Isd-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the dominant entity. Grade band: combined. 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.
Farwell Isd school enrollment varies 2.1× across entities
Farwell Isd school enrollment ranges from 131 students (lowest) to 279 students (highest), a spread of 148 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.
Farwell Isd student-counselor ratio is 477:1 — 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.
Farwell Isd chronic absenteeism rate is 7.8% — 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.