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La Joya, Texas - 37 schools
An equity score of 78/100 ranks La Joya Isd #76 of 1044 districts in Texas (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $15,142 per pupil, La Joya Isd ranks #274 of 1202 Texas districts by per-pupil spending (Texas districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
24,804
Total Enrollment
37
Schools
$15,142
Per-Pupil Spending
Combined, Middle
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
La Joya Isd operates 37 public schools serving 24,804 students, placing it in the mid-size range in Texas. The school portfolio breaks down into 26 combined, 8 middle, 3 high schools, giving families a clear picture of grade-band coverage before they move, rent, or enrol. These enrollment and school figures come from the NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) 2024-25 release, and the district is based in Hidalgo County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $15,142 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 10.3% local, 58.1% state, and 31.6% 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 78/100, ranked #76 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 5 of 37 schools offering Advanced Placement (84 AP courses district-wide), a 377.8:1 student-counselor ratio, well above the ASCA benchmark though still under the roughly 408:1 national average, and 42.3% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 99.8% Hispanic or Latino, 0.1% White, 0.1% African American across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Jimmy Carter Early College H S, with a diversity index of 1.8/100.
Its largest campus is La Joya H S, enrolling 2,405 students (10% of the district's total enrollment). Its smallest is Hope Academy, at 78 students, a 31x enrollment spread across the district's campuses.
La Joya Isd school enrollment varies 31× across entities
La Joya Isd school enrollment ranges from 78 students (lowest) to 2,405 students (highest), a spread of 2,327 students. That ratio is among the widest observed and reflects extreme enrollment heterogeneity, the district operates both small specialty programs and large comprehensive campuses inside a single budgeting unit. Per-school staffing ratios, programme availability, and capital-renovation cycles often diverge inside the same district based on enrollment shape.
La Joya Isd has higher-than-average Title I eligibility — 92.2% 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 a supermajority of the population — well past the 75% concentration-grant threshold that unlocks extra funding 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.
La Joya Isd student-counselor ratio is 378:1 — 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.
La Joya Isd chronic absenteeism rate is 42.3% — well above typical (typically associated with unusually large scale or acute resource constraints)
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 Values this far above typical often signal acute resource constraints or a structurally different scale than most peers — worth reading alongside the underlying counts, not the ratio alone.