Every figure on PlainSchools is rendered directly from the source NCES, CRDC and F-33 federal
records, no number is typed in by an editor. District totals are aggregated directly from the schools reporting under this district in the source records. See our
editorial standards & corrections policy, the
methodology behind these numbers, or
report a data error. Data current as of June 2026.
Knippa, Texas - 1 schools
An equity score of 59/100 ranks Knippa Isd #376 of 1044 districts in Texas (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $12,609 per pupil, Knippa Isd ranks #657 of 1202 Texas districts by per-pupil spending (Texas districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
416
Total Enrollment
1
Schools
$12,609
Per-Pupil Spending
Combined
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Knippa Isd operates 1 public schools serving 416 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Texas. The school portfolio breaks down into 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 Uvalde County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $12,609 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 19.6% local, 64.7% state, and 15.6% 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 59/100, ranked #376 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.
Academic infrastructure includes 1 of 1 schools offering Advanced Placement (4 AP courses district-wide), a 408:1 student-counselor ratio, well above the ASCA benchmark though still under the roughly 408:1 national average, and 24.5% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 62.0% Hispanic or Latino, 35.0% White, 2.0% Asian across the district's schools.
Its largest campus is Knippa School, enrolling 408 students (100% of the district's total enrollment).
Knippa School accounts for 98.1% of all Knippa Isd student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Knippa Isd a distant remainder — means Knippa Isd-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.
Knippa Isd student-counselor ratio is 408:1 — 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.
Knippa Isd chronic absenteeism rate is 24.5% — 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 Knippa Isd is typically wider than the Knippa Isd-aggregate figure suggests.