At $19,481 per pupil, Houston Classical Charter School ranks #103 of 1207 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 $19,481 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, among the top 121 of 1207 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).
Enrollment across the district's NCES-reporting campuses grew 54.1% between 2022-23 and 2023-24 (185 to 285 students), while the student-teacher ratio tightened by 4.4 students per teacher, per the NCES Common Core of Data annual universe files.
Of the district's $3,604,000 in reported FY2023 expenditures, 47.5% went to instruction, 45.3% to support services, and 0% to capital outlay, support-services-heavy relative to typical districts, reflecting spending on transportation, administration, or student services. Figures come from the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey's function-level breakdown, not the aggregate per-pupil figure above.
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 largest entity. Grade band: elementary. 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.
Houston Classical Charter School reports 65.9% free-lunch eligibility
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.
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 $19,481 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.