An equity score of 65/100 ranks Kenedy Isd #268 of 1047 districts in Texas (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $17,443 per pupil, Kenedy Isd ranks #175 of 1207 Texas districts by per-pupil spending (Texas districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
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Total Enrollment
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Per-Pupil Spending
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School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Kenedy Isd operates 4 public schools serving 729 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Texas. The school portfolio breaks down into 2 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 Karnes County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $17,443 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, in the upper half of 1207 Texas districts by per-pupil spending. See how Texas compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 74.1% local, 9.9% state, and 16.0% federal, a local-revenue-heavy mix that leaves the district more exposed to property-tax swings and local ballot measures than state-funded peers. The district's equity score is 65/100, ranked #268 of 1047 in Texas against a state average of 50, notably more even than the typical district in the state for how evenly funding reaches its schools.
a 202:1 student-counselor ratio, that meets the ASCA-recommended benchmark, and 28.0% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 92.3% Hispanic or Latino, 5.4% White, 1.3% African American across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Kenedy El, with a diversity index of 22.6/100.
Its largest campus is Kenedy El, enrolling 384 students (51% of the district's total enrollment). Its smallest is Fisd Daep, at 6 students, a 64x enrollment spread across the district's campuses.
Kenedy El accounts for 50.7% of all Kenedy Isd student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Kenedy Isd a distant remainder — means Kenedy Isd-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the largest entity. Grade band: combined. The share measures enrollment concentration only; it does not establish how the district allocates programs, capital, or staff. Because it contains a majority of the affected population, enrollment-weighted aggregates will sit closer to this entity's reported fields than to those of smaller peers; an unweighted entity count answers a different question.
Kenedy Isd school enrollment varies 64× across entities
Kenedy Isd school enrollment ranges from 6 students (lowest) to 384 students (highest), a spread of 378 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.
The reported share is at least 75%, indicating a high concentration of measured economic need. Title I operates under the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA, 2015), but its statutory allocation uses additional LEA-level counts and rules not represented by this average. This percentage is an economic-need context measure; it does not establish a Title I award, show dollars received, or describe how funds are distributed among campuses.
Kenedy Isd student-counselor ratio is 202:1 — low (typically associated with meeting or exceeding the American School Counselor Association (ASCA) recommended 250:1 benchmark, which correlates with stronger college and career counseling capacity)
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 Lower values often correlate with smaller scale and population characteristics rather than higher resource budgets per se.
Kenedy Isd chronic absenteeism rate is 28.0% — 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 Kenedy Isd is typically wider than the Kenedy Isd-aggregate figure suggests.