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Orange, Texas - 6 schools
An equity score of 37/100 ranks Little Cypress-Mauriceville Cisd #732 of 1044 districts in Texas (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $11,006 per pupil, Little Cypress-Mauriceville Cisd ranks #975 of 1202 Texas districts by per-pupil spending (Texas districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
3,340
Total Enrollment
6
Schools
$11,006
Per-Pupil Spending
Combined, Middle
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Little Cypress-Mauriceville Cisd operates 6 public schools serving 3,340 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Texas. The school portfolio breaks down into 3 combined, 2 middle, 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 Orange County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $11,006 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 35.3% local, 45.7% state, and 19.0% 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 37/100, ranked #732 of 1044 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 6 schools offering Advanced Placement (5 AP courses district-wide), a 409.4:1 student-counselor ratio, above both the ASCA benchmark and the roughly 408:1 national average, and 25.6% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 72.5% White, 13.8% Hispanic or Latino, 8.1% African American across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Little Cypress El, with a diversity index of 50.7/100.
Its largest campus is Lit Cypr-Mrceville H S, enrolling 1,001 students (30% of the district's total enrollment). Its smallest is Mauriceville Middle, at 272 students, a 4x enrollment spread across the district's campuses.
Lit Cypr-Mrceville H S accounts for 30.0% of all Little Cypress-Mauriceville Cisd student enrollment
That dominant concentration means Little Cypress-Mauriceville Cisd-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.
Little Cypress-Mauriceville Cisd school enrollment varies 3.7× across entities
Little Cypress-Mauriceville Cisd school enrollment ranges from 272 students (lowest) to 1,001 students (highest), a spread of 729 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.
Little Cypress-Mauriceville Cisd has higher-than-average Title I eligibility — 51.1% 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.
Little Cypress-Mauriceville Cisd student-counselor ratio is 409:1 — 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.
Little Cypress-Mauriceville Cisd chronic absenteeism rate is 25.6% — 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 Little Cypress-Mauriceville Cisd is typically wider than the Little Cypress-Mauriceville Cisd-aggregate figure suggests.
Comparisons are relative to Little Cypress-Mauriceville Cisd's own figures; each column derives from NCES Common Core of Data and the F-33 Finance Survey.
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How many schools are in Little Cypress-Mauriceville Cisd?
Little Cypress-Mauriceville Cisd has 6 schools, including 3 combined, 2 middle, 1 elementary. Total enrollment is 3,340 students.
How much does Little Cypress-Mauriceville Cisd spend per student?
Little Cypress-Mauriceville Cisd spends $11,006 per student. The district has an equity score of 37/100, ranking #732 in Texas.
What is the demographic composition of Little Cypress-Mauriceville Cisd?
Little Cypress-Mauriceville Cisd students are 72.5% White, 13.8% Hispanic or Latino, 8.1% African American, 1.0% Asian, averaged across 6 schools. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.
What is the equity score for Little Cypress-Mauriceville Cisd?
Little Cypress-Mauriceville Cisd has an equity score of 37/100, ranking #732 out of 1044 districts in Texas.