An equity score of 35/100 ranks Kilgore Isd #767 of 1047 districts in Texas (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $10,835 per pupil, Kilgore Isd ranks #1056 of 1207 Texas districts by per-pupil spending (Texas districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
3,821
Total Enrollment
5
Schools
$10,835
Per-Pupil Spending
Elementary, High
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Kilgore Isd operates 5 public schools serving 3,821 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Texas. The school portfolio breaks down into 2 elementary, 1 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 Gregg County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $10,835 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, in the lower half of 1207 Texas districts by per-pupil spending. See how Texas compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 43.5% local, 40.8% state, and 15.7% 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 #767 of 1047 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 5 schools offering Advanced Placement (1 AP courses district-wide), a 246.2:1 student-counselor ratio, that meets the ASCA-recommended benchmark, and 22.3% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 40.9% White, 39.0% Hispanic or Latino, 12.7% African American across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Chandler El, with a diversity index of 67.3/100.
Its largest campus is Kilgore H S, enrolling 1,167 students (32% of the district's total enrollment).
Kilgore H S accounts for 30.5% of all Kilgore Isd student enrollment
That dominant concentration means Kilgore Isd-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the largest entity. Grade band: high. The share measures enrollment concentration only; it does not establish how the district allocates programs, capital, or staff. Enrollment-weighted aggregates give this entity more weight than any smaller peer, while an unweighted entity average treats every record equally.
Kilgore Isd school enrollment varies 2.3× across entities
Kilgore Isd school enrollment ranges from 501 students (lowest) to 1,167 students (highest), a spread of 666 students. That relatively narrow ratio reflects an unusually homogeneous campus portfolio, most districts have a wider mix of school sizes. Per-school staffing ratios, programme availability, and capital-renovation cycles often diverge inside the same district based on enrollment shape.
The reported share sits between 62.5% and 75%, above a simple majority but below the highest descriptive band used here. 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.
Kilgore Isd student-counselor ratio is 246:1 — 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.
Kilgore Isd chronic absenteeism rate is 22.3% — 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 Kilgore Isd is typically wider than the Kilgore Isd-aggregate figure suggests.