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Kemp, Texas - 5 schools
An equity score of 52/100 ranks Kemp Isd #478 of 1044 districts in Texas (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $12,073 per pupil, Kemp Isd ranks #770 of 1202 Texas districts by per-pupil spending (Texas districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
1,835
Total Enrollment
5
Schools
$12,073
Per-Pupil Spending
High, Middle
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Kemp Isd operates 5 public schools serving 1,835 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Texas. The school portfolio breaks down into 2 high, 1 middle, 1 combined, 1 elementary 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 $12,073 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 34.1% local, 50.1% state, and 15.8% 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 #478 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.
and 33.9% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 51.1% Hispanic or Latino, 43.7% White, 1.6% African American across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Kemp J H, with a diversity index of 56.8/100.
Its largest campus is Kemp H S, enrolling 566 students (33% of the district's total enrollment). Its smallest is Kemp Alternative, at 8 students, a 71x enrollment spread across the district's campuses.
Kemp H S accounts for 30.8% of all Kemp Isd student enrollment
That dominant concentration means Kemp 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.
Kemp Isd school enrollment varies 71× across entities
Kemp Isd school enrollment ranges from 8 students (lowest) to 566 students (highest), a spread of 558 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.
Kemp Isd chronic absenteeism rate is 33.9% — high (typically associated with higher-than-average disruption; recent CRDC data showed elevated rates persisting after pandemic-era schooling changes)
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 Higher values may reflect larger urban scale or recent resource constraints that have widened the gap.