An equity score of 61/100 ranks Happy Isd #338 of 1047 districts in Texas (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $14,144 per pupil, Happy Isd ranks #488 of 1207 Texas districts by per-pupil spending (Texas districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
270
Total Enrollment
2
Schools
$14,144
Per-Pupil Spending
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School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Happy Isd operates 2 public schools serving 270 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Texas. The school portfolio breaks down into 2 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 Swisher County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $14,144 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, in the upper half of 1207 Texas districts by per-pupil spending. See how Texas compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 25.9% local, 59.0% state, and 15.1% 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 61/100, ranked #338 of 1047 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 253:1 student-counselor ratio, somewhat above the 250:1 ASCA recommendation, and 5.6% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 83.2% White, 12.3% Hispanic or Latino, 2.0% African American across the district's schools.
Its largest campus is Happy El, enrolling 134 students (53% of the district's total enrollment).
Happy El accounts for 49.6% of all Happy Isd student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Happy Isd a distant remainder — means Happy Isd-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the largest entity. Grade band: combined. The share measures enrollment concentration only; it does not establish how the district allocates programs, capital, or staff. Enrollment-weighted aggregates give this entity more weight than any smaller peer, while an unweighted entity average treats every record equally.
Happy Isd student-counselor ratio is 253:1 — 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 Happy Isd is typically wider than the Happy Isd-aggregate figure suggests.
Happy Isd chronic absenteeism rate is 5.6% — 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.