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Huntsville, Texas - 11 schools
An equity score of 23/100 ranks Huntsville Isd #936 of 1044 districts in Texas (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $9,166 per pupil, Huntsville Isd ranks #1163 of 1202 Texas districts by per-pupil spending (Texas districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
11,313
Total Enrollment
11
Schools
$9,166
Per-Pupil Spending
Elementary, High
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Huntsville Isd operates 11 public schools serving 11,313 students, placing it among the smaller districts in Texas. The school portfolio breaks down into 6 elementary, 2 high, 2 middle, 1 combined schools, a compact enough portfolio that families can compare every campus directly before they move, rent, or enrol. These enrollment and school figures come from the NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) 2024-25 release, and the district is based in Walker County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $9,166 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, among the bottom 121 of 1202 Texas districts by per-pupil spending. See how Texas compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 26.8% local, 63.5% state, and 9.7% 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 23/100, ranked #936 of 1044 in Texas against a state average of 50, notably less even than the typical district in the state for how evenly funding reaches its schools.
Academic infrastructure includes 2 of 11 schools offering Advanced Placement (28 AP courses district-wide), a 511.4:1 student-counselor ratio, above both the ASCA benchmark and the roughly 408:1 national average, and 24.5% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 39.0% Hispanic or Latino, 30.6% White, 23.7% African American across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Texas Online Preparatory El, with a diversity index of 71.3/100.
Its largest campus is Texas Online Preparatory H S, enrolling 2,228 students (18% of the district's total enrollment). Its smallest is Gibbs Pre-K Center, at 291 students, a 8x enrollment spread across the district's campuses.
Texas Online Preparatory H S accounts for 18.4% of all Huntsville Isd student enrollment
That concentration means Huntsville Isd-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the dominant entity. Grade band: high. 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.
Huntsville Isd school enrollment varies 7.7× across entities
Huntsville Isd school enrollment ranges from 291 students (lowest) to 2,228 students (highest), a spread of 1,937 students. That relatively narrow ratio reflects an unusually homogeneous campus portfolio, most districts have a wider mix of school sizes. Per-school staffing ratios, programme availability, and capital-renovation cycles often diverge inside the same district based on enrollment shape.
Huntsville Isd has higher-than-average Title I eligibility — 66.0% 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.
Huntsville Isd student-counselor ratio is 511:1 — well above typical (typically associated with unusually large scale or acute resource constraints)
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 Values this far above typical often signal acute resource constraints or a structurally different scale than most peers — worth reading alongside the underlying counts, not the ratio alone.
Huntsville Isd chronic absenteeism rate is 24.5% — 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 Huntsville Isd is typically wider than the Huntsville Isd-aggregate figure suggests.