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San Marcos, Texas - 6 schools
An equity score of 88/100 ranks Ki Charter Academy #21 of 1044 districts in Texas (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $21,747 per pupil, Ki Charter Academy ranks #48 of 1202 Texas districts by per-pupil spending (Texas districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
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Total Enrollment
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$21,747
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School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Ki Charter Academy operates 6 public schools serving 429 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Texas. The school portfolio breaks down into 5 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 Hays County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $21,747 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, among the top 121 of 1202 Texas districts by per-pupil spending. See how Texas compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 0.4% local, 79.8% state, and 19.8% 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 88/100, ranked #21 of 1044 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 359.7:1 student-counselor ratio, well above the ASCA benchmark though still under the roughly 408:1 national average, and 10.3% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 44.4% White, 27.1% Hispanic or Latino, 16.6% African American across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Ki Charter - Fort Worth, with a diversity index of 71.6/100.
Its largest campus is Ki Charter Academy, enrolling 185 students (41% of the district's total enrollment). Its smallest is Ki Charter - Farmersville, at 9 students, a 21x enrollment spread across the district's campuses.
Ki Charter Academy accounts for 40.9% of all Ki Charter Academy student enrollment
That dominant concentration means Ki Charter Academy-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the dominant entity. Grade band: combined. 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.
Ki Charter Academy school enrollment varies 21× across entities
Ki Charter Academy school enrollment ranges from 9 students (lowest) to 185 students (highest), a spread of 176 students. That spread is wider than typical and predicts noticeable gaps in service quality between the highest and lowest areas. Per-school staffing ratios, programme availability, and capital-renovation cycles often diverge inside the same district based on enrollment shape.
Ki Charter Academy has higher-than-average Title I eligibility — 68.9% 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.
Ki Charter Academy student-counselor ratio is 360:1 — 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.
Ki Charter Academy chronic absenteeism rate is 10.3% — low (typically associated with lower-than-average attendance disruption; districts in this range often have attendance interventions, robust transportation, or smaller catchments that reduce barriers)
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 Lower values often correlate with smaller scale and population characteristics rather than higher resource budgets per se.
Ki Charter Academy has 6 schools, including 5 combined, 1 elementary. Total enrollment is 429 students.
How much does Ki Charter Academy spend per student?
Ki Charter Academy spends $21,747 per student. The district has an equity score of 88/100, ranking #21 in Texas.
What is the demographic composition of Ki Charter Academy?
Ki Charter Academy students are 44.4% White, 27.1% Hispanic or Latino, 16.6% African American, 0.9% Asian, averaged across 6 schools. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.
What is the equity score for Ki Charter Academy?
Ki Charter Academy has an equity score of 88/100, ranking #21 out of 1044 districts in Texas.