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Joshua, Texas - 11 schools
An equity score of 35/100 ranks Joshua Isd #763 of 1044 districts in Texas (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $11,289 per pupil, Joshua Isd ranks #917 of 1202 Texas districts by per-pupil spending (Texas districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
5,892
Total Enrollment
11
Schools
$11,289
Per-Pupil Spending
Combined, High
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Joshua Isd operates 11 public schools serving 5,892 students, placing it among the smaller districts in Texas. The school portfolio breaks down into 7 combined, 2 high, 2 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 Johnson County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $11,289 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 36.9% local, 47.4% state, and 15.6% federal, a balanced mix across local, state, and federal sources, spreading budget risk across funding cycles rather than concentrating it in one. The district's equity score is 35/100, ranked #763 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 (13 AP courses district-wide), a 435:1 student-counselor ratio, above both the ASCA benchmark and the roughly 408:1 national average, and 21.2% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 55.2% White, 38.2% Hispanic or Latino, 2.0% African American across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is New Horizon H S, with a diversity index of 58.4/100.
Its largest campus is Joshua H S, enrolling 1,313 students (22% of the district's total enrollment). Its smallest is Johnson County J J a E P, at 5 students, a 263x enrollment spread across the district's campuses.
Joshua H S accounts for 21.8% of all Joshua Isd student enrollment
That concentration means Joshua 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.
Joshua Isd school enrollment varies 263× across entities
Joshua Isd school enrollment ranges from 5 students (lowest) to 1,313 students (highest), a spread of 1,308 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.
Joshua Isd student-counselor ratio is 435:1 — 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.
Joshua Isd chronic absenteeism rate is 21.2% — 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 Joshua Isd is typically wider than the Joshua Isd-aggregate figure suggests.