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Bowie, Texas - 1 schools
At $15,736 per pupil, Gold Burg Isd ranks #218 of 1202 Texas districts by per-pupil spending (Texas districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
154
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$15,736
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District-Level NCES Analysis
Gold Burg Isd operates 1 public schools serving 154 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 Montague County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $15,736 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 50.4% local, 34.3% state, and 15.3% federal, a local-revenue-heavy mix that leaves the district more exposed to property-tax swings and local ballot measures than state-funded peers.
a 296:1 student-counselor ratio, somewhat above the 250:1 ASCA recommendation, and 26.4% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 64.9% White, 27.0% Hispanic or Latino, 2.7% African American across the district's schools.
Its largest campus is Gold Burg School, enrolling 148 students (100% of the district's total enrollment).
Gold Burg School accounts for 96.1% of all Gold Burg Isd student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Gold Burg Isd a distant remainder — means Gold Burg 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.
Gold Burg Isd has higher-than-average Title I eligibility — 60.4% 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 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.
Gold Burg Isd student-counselor ratio is 296:1 — 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 Gold Burg Isd is typically wider than the Gold Burg Isd-aggregate figure suggests.
Gold Burg Isd chronic absenteeism rate is 26.4% — 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 Gold Burg Isd is typically wider than the Gold Burg Isd-aggregate figure suggests.
Gold Burg Isd has 1 school, including 1 combined. Total enrollment is 154 students.
How much does Gold Burg Isd spend per student?
Gold Burg Isd spends $15,736 per student.
What is the demographic composition of Gold Burg Isd?
Gold Burg Isd students are 64.9% White, 27.0% Hispanic or Latino, 2.7% African American, averaged across 1 school. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.