An equity score of 51/100 ranks Hillsboro Isd #499 of 1047 districts in Texas (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $13,289 per pupil, Hillsboro Isd ranks #636 of 1207 Texas districts by per-pupil spending (Texas districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
2,011
Total Enrollment
5
Schools
$13,289
Per-Pupil Spending
High, Combined
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Hillsboro Isd operates 5 public schools serving 2,011 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Texas. The school portfolio breaks down into 2 high, 1 combined, 1 elementary, 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 Hill County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $13,289 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, in the lower half of 1207 Texas districts by per-pupil spending. See how Texas compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 39.9% local, 42.9% state, and 17.3% 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 51/100, ranked #499 of 1047 in Texas against a state average of 50, in line with the typical spread seen across the state for how evenly funding reaches its schools.
Academic infrastructure includes 1 of 5 schools offering Advanced Placement (2 AP courses district-wide), a 418.8:1 student-counselor ratio, above both the ASCA benchmark and the roughly 408:1 national average, and 20.1% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 51.0% Hispanic or Latino, 17.2% White, 7.4% African American across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Hillsboro Int, with a diversity index of 55.2/100.
Its largest campus is Hillsboro El, enrolling 649 students (33% of the district's total enrollment). Its smallest is Hill Co J J a E P, at 1 students, a 649x enrollment spread across the district's campuses.
Hillsboro El accounts for 32.3% of all Hillsboro Isd student enrollment
That dominant concentration means Hillsboro 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.
Hillsboro Isd school enrollment varies 649× across entities
Hillsboro Isd school enrollment ranges from 1 students (lowest) to 649 students (highest), a spread of 648 students. That ratio is an extreme outlier spread — among the widest gaps observed anywhere in this dataset. Per-school staffing ratios, programme availability, and capital-renovation cycles often diverge inside the same district based on enrollment shape.
The reported share sits between 62.5% and 75%, above a simple majority but below the highest descriptive band used here. 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.
Hillsboro Isd student-counselor ratio is 419:1 — 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.
Hillsboro Isd chronic absenteeism rate is 20.1% — 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 Hillsboro Isd is typically wider than the Hillsboro Isd-aggregate figure suggests.