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Luling, Texas - 3 schools
An equity score of 35/100 ranks Luling Isd #770 of 1044 districts in Texas (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $10,582 per pupil, Luling Isd ranks #1038 of 1202 Texas districts by per-pupil spending (Texas districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
1,416
Total Enrollment
3
Schools
$10,582
Per-Pupil Spending
Combined, High
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Luling Isd operates 3 public schools serving 1,416 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Texas. The school portfolio breaks down into 1 combined, 1 high, 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 Caldwell County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $10,582 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 38.8% local, 45.6% state, and 15.6% 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 35/100, ranked #770 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 3 schools offering Advanced Placement (2 AP courses district-wide), a 291.5:1 student-counselor ratio, somewhat above the 250:1 ASCA recommendation, and 31.3% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 69.0% Hispanic or Latino, 21.9% White, 6.4% African American across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Luling H S, with a diversity index of 48.0/100.
Its largest campus is Leonard Shanklin El, enrolling 735 students (51% of the district's total enrollment).
Leonard Shanklin El accounts for 50.9% of all Luling Isd student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Luling Isd a distant remainder — means Luling 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.
Luling Isd school enrollment varies 2.4× across entities
Luling Isd school enrollment ranges from 306 students (lowest) to 735 students (highest), a spread of 429 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.
Luling Isd has higher-than-average Title I eligibility — 69.6% 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). 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.
Luling Isd student-counselor ratio is 292:1 — 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 Luling Isd is typically wider than the Luling Isd-aggregate figure suggests.
Luling Isd chronic absenteeism rate is 31.3% — 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.