An equity score of 70/100 ranks Lyford Cisd #182 of 1047 districts in Texas (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $16,721 per pupil, Lyford Cisd ranks #211 of 1207 Texas districts by per-pupil spending (Texas districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
1,396
Total Enrollment
3
Schools
$16,721
Per-Pupil Spending
Combined, High
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Lyford Cisd operates 3 public schools serving 1,396 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 Willacy County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $16,721 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, in the upper half of 1207 Texas districts by per-pupil spending. See how Texas compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 37.0% local, 37.9% state, and 25.1% 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 70/100, ranked #182 of 1047 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 1 of 3 schools offering Advanced Placement (7 AP courses district-wide), a 282.5:1 student-counselor ratio, somewhat above the 250:1 ASCA recommendation, and 37.9% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 94.7% Hispanic or Latino, 4.8% White across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Lyford H S, with a diversity index of 12.0/100.
Its largest campus is Lyford El, enrolling 658 students (47% of the district's total enrollment).
Lyford El accounts for 47.1% of all Lyford Cisd student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Lyford Cisd a distant remainder — means Lyford Cisd-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the largest entity. Grade band: combined. The share measures enrollment concentration only; it does not establish how the district allocates programs, capital, or staff. Enrollment-weighted aggregates give this entity more weight than any smaller peer, while an unweighted entity average treats every record equally.
Lyford Cisd school enrollment varies 2.2× across entities
Lyford Cisd school enrollment ranges from 299 students (lowest) to 658 students (highest), a spread of 359 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.
The reported share is at least 75%, indicating a high concentration of measured economic need. Title I operates under the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA, 2015), but its statutory allocation uses additional LEA-level counts and rules not represented by this average. This percentage is an economic-need context measure; it does not establish a Title I award, show dollars received, or describe how funds are distributed among campuses.
Lyford Cisd student-counselor ratio is 283:1 — 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 Lyford Cisd is typically wider than the Lyford Cisd-aggregate figure suggests.
Lyford Cisd chronic absenteeism rate is 37.9% — 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.