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Ft Hancock, Texas - 3 schools
An equity score of 67/100 ranks Ft Hancock Isd #237 of 1044 districts in Texas (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $17,205 per pupil, Ft Hancock Isd ranks #142 of 1202 Texas districts by per-pupil spending (Texas districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
377
Total Enrollment
3
Schools
$17,205
Per-Pupil Spending
Combined, High
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Ft Hancock Isd operates 3 public schools serving 377 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 Hudspeth County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $17,205 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 41.9% local, 33.3% state, and 24.8% 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 67/100, ranked #237 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 163:1 student-counselor ratio, that meets the ASCA-recommended benchmark, and 16.6% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 97.8% Hispanic or Latino, 1.3% White, 0.3% African American across the district's schools.
Its largest campus is Benito Martinez El, enrolling 227 students (46% of the district's total enrollment).
Benito Martinez El accounts for 46.4% of all Ft Hancock Isd student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Ft Hancock Isd a distant remainder — means Ft Hancock 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.
Ft Hancock Isd school enrollment varies 2.3× across entities
Ft Hancock Isd school enrollment ranges from 99 students (lowest) to 227 students (highest), a spread of 128 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.
Ft Hancock Isd has higher-than-average Title I eligibility — 81.6% 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). Areas above 75% eligibility — including this one — receive concentration grants 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.
Ft Hancock Isd student-counselor ratio is 163:1 — low (typically associated with meeting or exceeding the American School Counselor Association (ASCA) recommended 250:1 benchmark, which correlates with stronger college and career counseling capacity)
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 Lower values often correlate with smaller scale and population characteristics rather than higher resource budgets per se.
Ft Hancock Isd chronic absenteeism rate is 16.6% — 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 Ft Hancock Isd is typically wider than the Ft Hancock Isd-aggregate figure suggests.
Ft Hancock Isd has 3 schools, including 1 combined, 1 high, 1 middle. Total enrollment is 377 students.
How much does Ft Hancock Isd spend per student?
Ft Hancock Isd spends $17,205 per student. The district has an equity score of 67/100, ranking #237 in Texas.
What is the demographic composition of Ft Hancock Isd?
Ft Hancock Isd students are 97.8% Hispanic or Latino, 1.3% White, 0.3% African American, 0.3% Asian, averaged across 3 schools. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.
What is the equity score for Ft Hancock Isd?
Ft Hancock Isd has an equity score of 67/100, ranking #237 out of 1044 districts in Texas.