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Kyle, Texas - 26 schools
An equity score of 20/100 ranks Hays Cisd #964 of 1044 districts in Texas (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $10,833 per pupil, Hays Cisd ranks #996 of 1202 Texas districts by per-pupil spending (Texas districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
22,297
Total Enrollment
26
Schools
$10,833
Per-Pupil Spending
Combined, Middle
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Hays Cisd operates 26 public schools serving 22,297 students, placing it in the mid-size range in Texas. The school portfolio breaks down into 15 combined, 6 middle, 4 high, 1 elementary schools, giving families a clear picture of grade-band coverage before they move, rent, or enrol. These enrollment and school figures come from the NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) 2024-25 release, and the district is based in Hays County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $10,833 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 56.0% local, 32.3% state, and 11.6% federal, a local-revenue-heavy mix that leaves the district more exposed to property-tax swings and local ballot measures than state-funded peers. The district's equity score is 20/100, ranked #964 of 1044 in Texas against a state average of 50, notably less even than the typical district in the state for how evenly funding reaches its schools.
Academic infrastructure includes 5 of 26 schools offering Advanced Placement (80 AP courses district-wide), a 547.4:1 student-counselor ratio, above both the ASCA benchmark and the roughly 408:1 national average, and 32.6% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 66.5% Hispanic or Latino, 24.9% White, 3.6% African American across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Buda El, with a diversity index of 59.9/100.
Its largest campus is Moe and Gene Johnson H S, enrolling 2,870 students (12% of the district's total enrollment). Its smallest is Alter Impact Ctr, at 70 students, a 41x enrollment spread across the district's campuses.
Hays Cisd school enrollment varies 41× across entities
Hays Cisd school enrollment ranges from 70 students (lowest) to 2,870 students (highest), a spread of 2,800 students. That ratio is among the widest observed and reflects extreme enrollment heterogeneity, the district operates both small specialty programs and large comprehensive campuses inside a single budgeting unit. Per-school staffing ratios, programme availability, and capital-renovation cycles often diverge inside the same district based on enrollment shape.
Hays Cisd student-counselor ratio is 547:1 — well above typical (typically associated with unusually large scale or acute resource constraints)
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 above typical often signal acute resource constraints or a structurally different scale than most peers — worth reading alongside the underlying counts, not the ratio alone.
Hays Cisd chronic absenteeism rate is 32.6% — 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.