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Hooks, Texas - 3 schools
An equity score of 53/100 ranks Hooks Isd #462 of 1044 districts in Texas (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $12,385 per pupil, Hooks Isd ranks #699 of 1202 Texas districts by per-pupil spending (Texas districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
920
Total Enrollment
3
Schools
$12,385
Per-Pupil Spending
Combined, Elementary
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Hooks Isd operates 3 public schools serving 920 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Texas. The school portfolio breaks down into 2 combined, 1 elementary 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 Bowie County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $12,385 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 19.5% local, 64.7% state, and 15.8% 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 53/100, ranked #462 of 1044 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.
a 230.4:1 student-counselor ratio, that meets the ASCA-recommended benchmark, and 16.3% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 65.8% White, 12.8% African American, 8.4% Hispanic or Latino across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Hooks J H, with a diversity index of 57.5/100.
Its largest campus is Hooks H S, enrolling 334 students (37% of the district's total enrollment).
Hooks H S accounts for 36.3% of all Hooks Isd student enrollment
That dominant concentration means Hooks Isd-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the dominant entity. Grade band: combined. 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.
Hooks Isd student-counselor ratio is 230:1 — low (typically associated with meeting or exceeding the American School Counselor Association (ASCA) recommended 250:1 benchmark, which correlates with stronger college and career counseling capacity)
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 Lower values often correlate with smaller scale and population characteristics rather than higher resource budgets per se.
Hooks Isd chronic absenteeism rate is 16.3% — 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 Hooks Isd is typically wider than the Hooks Isd-aggregate figure suggests.