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Lockney, Texas - 4 schools
An equity score of 85/100 ranks Lockney Isd #32 of 1044 districts in Texas (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $15,778 per pupil, Lockney Isd ranks #216 of 1202 Texas districts by per-pupil spending (Texas districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
407
Total Enrollment
4
Schools
$15,778
Per-Pupil Spending
High, Combined
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Lockney Isd operates 4 public schools serving 407 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Texas. The school portfolio breaks down into 2 high, 1 combined, 1 middle 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 Floyd County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $15,778 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 26.8% local, 56.1% state, and 17.1% 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 85/100, ranked #32 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 199.3:1 student-counselor ratio, that meets the ASCA-recommended benchmark, and 34.8% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 81.9% Hispanic or Latino, 16.3% White, 1.1% African American across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Lockney El, with a diversity index of 35.0/100.
Its largest campus is Lockney El, enrolling 170 students (43% of the district's total enrollment). Its smallest is Lockney Daep, at 7 students, a 24x enrollment spread across the district's campuses.
Lockney El accounts for 41.8% of all Lockney Isd student enrollment
That dominant concentration means Lockney 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.
Lockney Isd school enrollment varies 24× across entities
Lockney Isd school enrollment ranges from 7 students (lowest) to 170 students (highest), a spread of 163 students. That spread is wider than typical and predicts noticeable gaps in service quality between the highest and lowest areas. Per-school staffing ratios, programme availability, and capital-renovation cycles often diverge inside the same district based on enrollment shape.
Lockney Isd has higher-than-average Title I eligibility — 74.1% 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). Eligibility here is approaching the 75% concentration-grant threshold; it does not yet unlock the extra funding tier but sits meaningfully above the baseline 50% majority mark. 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.
Lockney Isd student-counselor ratio is 199:1 — 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.
Lockney Isd chronic absenteeism rate is 34.8% — 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.