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Houston, Texas - 1 schools
At $20,733 per pupil, Houston Classical Charter School ranks #57 of 1202 Texas districts by per-pupil spending (Texas districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
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District-Level NCES Analysis
Houston Classical Charter School operates 1 public schools serving 185 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Texas. The school portfolio breaks down into 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 Harris County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $20,733 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 37.1% local, 45.6% 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.
and 11.4% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 52.0% African American, 31.9% Hispanic or Latino, 5.8% Asian across the district's schools.
Its largest campus is Houston Classical, enrolling 342 students (100% of the district's total enrollment).
Houston Classical accounts for 100.0% of all Houston Classical Charter School student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Houston Classical Charter School a distant remainder — means Houston Classical Charter School-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the dominant entity. Grade band: elementary. 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.
Houston Classical Charter School has higher-than-average Title I eligibility — 65.9% 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). Eligibility here is approaching the 75% concentration-grant threshold; it does not yet unlock the extra funding tier but sits meaningfully above the baseline 50% majority mark. 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.
Houston Classical Charter School chronic absenteeism rate is 11.4% — low (typically associated with lower-than-average attendance disruption; districts in this range often have attendance interventions, robust transportation, or smaller catchments that reduce barriers)
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 Lower values often correlate with smaller scale and population characteristics rather than higher resource budgets per se.
Comparisons are relative to Houston Classical Charter School's own figures; each column derives from NCES Common Core of Data and the F-33 Finance Survey.
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How many schools are in Houston Classical Charter School?
Houston Classical Charter School has 1 school, including 1 elementary. Total enrollment is 185 students.
How much does Houston Classical Charter School spend per student?
Houston Classical Charter School spends $20,733 per student.
What is the demographic composition of Houston Classical Charter School?
Houston Classical Charter School students are 52.0% African American, 31.9% Hispanic or Latino, 5.8% Asian, 5.3% White, averaged across 1 school. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.