At $20,930 per pupil, High Island Isd ranks #54 of 1202 Texas districts by per-pupil spending (Texas districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
151
Total Enrollment
1
Schools
$20,930
Per-Pupil Spending
Combined
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
High Island Isd operates 1 public schools serving 151 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 Galveston County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $20,930 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 67.0% local, 19.9% state, and 13.1% federal, a local-revenue-heavy mix that leaves the district more exposed to property-tax swings and local ballot measures than state-funded peers.
and 32.6% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 78.0% White, 11.4% Hispanic or Latino, 2.3% Asian across the district's schools.
Its largest campus is High Island School, enrolling 132 students (100% of the district's total enrollment).
High Island School accounts for 87.4% of all High Island Isd student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of High Island Isd a distant remainder — means High Island 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. Because it contains a majority of the affected population, enrollment-weighted aggregates will sit closer to this entity's reported fields than to those of smaller peers; an unweighted entity count answers a different question.
High Island Isd reports 59.6% free-lunch eligibility
The reported share clears the 50% majority mark. Title I operates under the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA, 2015), but its statutory allocation uses additional LEA-level counts and rules not represented by this average. This percentage is an economic-need context measure; it does not establish a Title I award, show dollars received, or describe how funds are distributed among campuses.
High Island Isd 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.
High Island Isd has 1 school, including 1 combined. Total enrollment is 151 students.
How much does High Island Isd spend per student?
High Island Isd spends $20,930 per student.
What is the demographic composition of High Island Isd?
High Island Isd students are 78.0% White, 11.4% Hispanic or Latino, 2.3% Asian, 1.5% African American, averaged across 1 school. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.