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Kountze, Texas - 5 schools
An equity score of 60/100 ranks Kountze Isd #355 of 1044 districts in Texas (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $13,382 per pupil, Kountze Isd ranks #507 of 1202 Texas districts by per-pupil spending (Texas districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
1,115
Total Enrollment
5
Schools
$13,382
Per-Pupil Spending
Middle, Combined
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Kountze Isd operates 5 public schools serving 1,115 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Texas. The school portfolio breaks down into 2 middle, 1 combined, 1 high, 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 Hardin County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $13,382 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, in the upper half of 1202 Texas districts by per-pupil spending. See how Texas compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 34.5% local, 47.7% state, and 17.8% 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 60/100, ranked #355 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 287.8:1 student-counselor ratio, somewhat above the 250:1 ASCA recommendation, and 35.1% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 68.8% White, 12.2% African American, 12.1% Hispanic or Latino across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Kountze El, with a diversity index of 54.6/100.
Its largest campus is Kountze El, enrolling 336 students (29% of the district's total enrollment). Its smallest is Hardin Co Alter Ed, at 1 students, a 336x enrollment spread across the district's campuses.
Kountze El accounts for 29.2% of all Kountze Isd student enrollment
That dominant concentration means Kountze 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.
Kountze Isd school enrollment varies 336× across entities
Kountze Isd school enrollment ranges from 1 students (lowest) to 336 students (highest), a spread of 335 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.
Kountze Isd has higher-than-average Title I eligibility — 61.6% 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). Areas above 75% eligibility receive concentration grants on top of the basic Title I formula. 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.
Kountze Isd student-counselor ratio is 288:1 — near the typical range (US average ~408) — within the typical range for U.S. public districts
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 Variation between sub-units within Kountze Isd is typically wider than the Kountze Isd-aggregate figure suggests.
Kountze Isd chronic absenteeism rate is 35.1% — 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.