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Joaquin, Texas - 3 schools
An equity score of 52/100 ranks Joaquin Isd #493 of 1044 districts in Texas (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $13,953 per pupil, Joaquin Isd ranks #413 of 1202 Texas districts by per-pupil spending (Texas districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
711
Total Enrollment
3
Schools
$13,953
Per-Pupil Spending
High, Combined
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Joaquin Isd operates 3 public schools serving 711 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Texas. The school portfolio breaks down into 1 high, 1 combined, 1 middle 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 Shelby County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $13,953 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, in the upper half of 1202 Texas districts by per-pupil spending. See how Texas compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 27.7% local, 56.0% state, and 16.2% 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 52/100, ranked #493 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 691.3:1 student-counselor ratio, above both the ASCA benchmark and the roughly 408:1 national average, and 19.7% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 78.1% White, 13.5% Hispanic or Latino, 3.9% African American across the district's schools.
Its largest campus is Joaquin H S, enrolling 720 students (60% of the district's total enrollment). Its smallest is Joaquin J H School, at 145 students, a 5x enrollment spread across the district's campuses.
Joaquin H S accounts for 59.6% of all Joaquin Isd student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Joaquin Isd a distant remainder — means Joaquin 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.
Joaquin Isd school enrollment varies 5.0× across entities
Joaquin Isd school enrollment ranges from 145 students (lowest) to 720 students (highest), a spread of 575 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.
Joaquin Isd has higher-than-average Title I eligibility — 58.0% 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). Areas above 75% eligibility 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.
Joaquin Isd student-counselor ratio is 691:1 — 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.
Joaquin Isd chronic absenteeism rate is 19.7% — 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 Joaquin Isd is typically wider than the Joaquin Isd-aggregate figure suggests.