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Kaufman, Texas - 7 schools
An equity score of 36/100 ranks Kaufman Isd #748 of 1044 districts in Texas (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $10,297 per pupil, Kaufman Isd ranks #1077 of 1202 Texas districts by per-pupil spending (Texas districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
4,332
Total Enrollment
7
Schools
$10,297
Per-Pupil Spending
Elementary, High
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Kaufman Isd operates 7 public schools serving 4,332 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Texas. The school portfolio breaks down into 3 elementary, 2 high, 1 middle, 1 combined 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 Kaufman County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $10,297 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 30.4% local, 56.0% state, and 13.6% 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 36/100, ranked #748 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 1 of 7 schools offering Advanced Placement (13 AP courses district-wide), a 430.4:1 student-counselor ratio, above both the ASCA benchmark and the roughly 408:1 national average, and 16.7% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 57.3% Hispanic or Latino, 32.4% White, 4.9% African American across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Gary W Campbell H S, with a diversity index of 66.2/100.
Its largest campus is Kaufman H S, enrolling 1,294 students (30% of the district's total enrollment). Its smallest is Gary W Campbell H S, at 13 students, a 100x enrollment spread across the district's campuses.
Kaufman H S accounts for 29.7% of all Kaufman Isd student enrollment
That dominant concentration means Kaufman 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.
Kaufman Isd school enrollment varies 100× across entities
Kaufman Isd school enrollment ranges from 13 students (lowest) to 1,294 students (highest), a spread of 1,281 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.
Kaufman Isd has higher-than-average Title I eligibility — 71.3% 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.
Kaufman Isd student-counselor ratio is 430:1 — 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.
Kaufman Isd chronic absenteeism rate is 16.7% — 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 Kaufman Isd is typically wider than the Kaufman Isd-aggregate figure suggests.