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Hereford, Texas - 8 schools
An equity score of 32/100 ranks Hereford Isd #814 of 1044 districts in Texas (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $10,647 per pupil, Hereford Isd ranks #1025 of 1202 Texas districts by per-pupil spending (Texas districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
3,952
Total Enrollment
8
Schools
$10,647
Per-Pupil Spending
Elementary, Middle
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Hereford Isd operates 8 public schools serving 3,952 students, placing it among the smaller districts in Texas. The school portfolio breaks down into 4 elementary, 2 middle, 1 high, 1 combined schools, a compact enough portfolio that families can compare every campus directly 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 Deaf Smith County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $10,647 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 38.6% local, 42.7% state, and 18.6% 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 32/100, ranked #814 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 1 of 8 schools offering Advanced Placement (4 AP courses district-wide), a 351.3:1 student-counselor ratio, well above the ASCA benchmark though still under the roughly 408:1 national average, and 27.1% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 92.7% Hispanic or Latino, 5.8% White, 0.4% African American across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Hereford H S, with a diversity index of 18.4/100.
Its largest campus is Hereford H S, enrolling 1,182 students (30% of the district's total enrollment). Its smallest is Tierra Blanca Early Childhood Center, at 286 students, a 4x enrollment spread across the district's campuses.
Hereford H S accounts for 29.8% of all Hereford Isd student enrollment
That dominant concentration means Hereford Isd-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the dominant entity. Grade band: high. 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.
Hereford Isd school enrollment varies 4.1× across entities
Hereford Isd school enrollment ranges from 286 students (lowest) to 1,182 students (highest), a spread of 896 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.
Hereford Isd has higher-than-average Title I eligibility — 84.1% 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.
Hereford Isd student-counselor ratio is 351:1 — high (typically associated with staffing constraints that limit per-student counselor time; CRDC data shows higher ratios cluster in larger urban systems)
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 Higher values may reflect larger urban scale or recent resource constraints that have widened the gap.
Hereford Isd chronic absenteeism rate is 27.1% — 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 Hereford Isd is typically wider than the Hereford Isd-aggregate figure suggests.