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Gladewater, Texas - 4 schools
An equity score of 58/100 ranks Gladewater Isd #383 of 1044 districts in Texas (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $12,060 per pupil, Gladewater Isd ranks #771 of 1202 Texas districts by per-pupil spending (Texas districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
1,755
Total Enrollment
4
Schools
$12,060
Per-Pupil Spending
Elementary, High
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Gladewater Isd operates 4 public schools serving 1,755 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Texas. The school portfolio breaks down into 1 elementary, 1 high, 1 middle, 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 Gregg County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $12,060 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 31.7% local, 50.2% state, and 18.1% 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 58/100, ranked #383 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 348.5:1 student-counselor ratio, well above the ASCA benchmark though still under the roughly 408:1 national average, and 34.1% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 49.9% White, 21.8% African American, 20.2% Hispanic or Latino across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Gladewater Pri, with a diversity index of 68.7/100.
Its largest campus is Weldon El, enrolling 485 students (30% of the district's total enrollment).
Weldon El accounts for 27.6% of all Gladewater Isd student enrollment
That dominant concentration means Gladewater Isd-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.
Gladewater Isd has higher-than-average Title I eligibility — 75.0% 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.
Gladewater Isd student-counselor ratio is 349:1 — near the typical range (US average ~408) — within the typical range for U.S. public districts
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 Variation between sub-units within Gladewater Isd is typically wider than the Gladewater Isd-aggregate figure suggests.
Gladewater Isd chronic absenteeism rate is 34.1% — high (typically associated with higher-than-average disruption; recent CRDC data showed elevated rates persisting after pandemic-era schooling changes)
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 Higher values may reflect larger urban scale or recent resource constraints that have widened the gap.