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Jacksonville, Texas - 8 schools
An equity score of 51/100 ranks Jacksonville Isd #497 of 1044 districts in Texas (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $11,337 per pupil, Jacksonville Isd ranks #909 of 1202 Texas districts by per-pupil spending (Texas districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
4,909
Total Enrollment
8
Schools
$11,337
Per-Pupil Spending
Combined, High
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Jacksonville Isd operates 8 public schools serving 4,909 students, placing it among the smaller districts in Texas. The school portfolio breaks down into 5 combined, 1 high, 1 elementary, 1 middle 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 Cherokee County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $11,337 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 30.5% local, 50.1% state, and 19.4% 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 51/100, ranked #497 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.
Academic infrastructure includes 1 of 8 schools offering Advanced Placement (12 AP courses district-wide), a 439.4:1 student-counselor ratio, above both the ASCA benchmark and the roughly 408:1 national average, and 27.0% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 52.5% Hispanic or Latino, 24.1% White, 19.1% African American across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is East Side El, with a diversity index of 68.5/100.
Its largest campus is Jacksonville H S, enrolling 1,270 students (27% of the district's total enrollment). Its smallest is Compass Center, at 20 students, a 64x enrollment spread across the district's campuses.
Jacksonville H S accounts for 25.9% of all Jacksonville Isd student enrollment
That concentration means Jacksonville 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.
Jacksonville Isd school enrollment varies 64× across entities
Jacksonville Isd school enrollment ranges from 20 students (lowest) to 1,270 students (highest), a spread of 1,250 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.
Jacksonville Isd has higher-than-average Title I eligibility — 82.9% 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). Areas above 75% eligibility — including this one — receive concentration grants on top of the basic Title I formula. 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.
Jacksonville Isd student-counselor ratio is 439:1 — 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.
Jacksonville Isd chronic absenteeism rate is 27.0% — 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 Jacksonville Isd is typically wider than the Jacksonville Isd-aggregate figure suggests.