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Goldthwaite, Texas - 3 schools
An equity score of 76/100 ranks Goldthwaite Isd #104 of 1044 districts in Texas (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $17,735 per pupil, Goldthwaite Isd ranks #118 of 1202 Texas districts by per-pupil spending (Texas districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
537
Total Enrollment
3
Schools
$17,735
Per-Pupil Spending
Combined, High
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Goldthwaite Isd operates 3 public schools serving 537 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 Mills County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $17,735 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, among the top 121 of 1202 Texas districts by per-pupil spending. See how Texas compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 44.2% local, 36.1% state, and 19.7% 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 76/100, ranked #104 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 144:1 student-counselor ratio, that meets the ASCA-recommended benchmark, and 14.2% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 65.4% White, 31.9% Hispanic or Latino, 0.3% Asian across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Goldthwaite El, with a diversity index of 49.8/100.
Its largest campus is Goldthwaite El, enrolling 237 students (46% of the district's total enrollment).
Goldthwaite El accounts for 44.1% of all Goldthwaite Isd student enrollment
That dominant concentration means Goldthwaite 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.
Goldthwaite Isd school enrollment varies 2.1× across entities
Goldthwaite Isd school enrollment ranges from 111 students (lowest) to 237 students (highest), a spread of 126 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.
Goldthwaite Isd student-counselor ratio is 144:1 — well below typical (typically associated with unusually small scale or exceptionally high per-unit investment)
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 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.
Goldthwaite Isd chronic absenteeism rate is 14.2% — low (typically associated with lower-than-average attendance disruption; districts in this range often have attendance interventions, robust transportation, or smaller catchments that reduce barriers)
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 Lower values often correlate with smaller scale and population characteristics rather than higher resource budgets per se.