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Magnolia, Texas - 16 schools
An equity score of 20/100 ranks Magnolia Isd #967 of 1044 districts in Texas (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $10,506 per pupil, Magnolia Isd ranks #1051 of 1202 Texas districts by per-pupil spending (Texas districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
14,046
Total Enrollment
16
Schools
$10,506
Per-Pupil Spending
Combined, High
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Magnolia Isd operates 16 public schools serving 14,046 students, placing it among the smaller districts in Texas. The school portfolio breaks down into 9 combined, 3 high, 2 elementary, 2 middle schools, a compact enough portfolio that families can compare every campus directly 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 Montgomery County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $10,506 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 57.5% local, 27.0% state, and 15.5% federal, a local-revenue-heavy mix that leaves the district more exposed to property-tax swings and local ballot measures than state-funded peers. The district's equity score is 20/100, ranked #967 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 2 of 16 schools offering Advanced Placement (42 AP courses district-wide), a 544.4:1 student-counselor ratio, above both the ASCA benchmark and the roughly 408:1 national average, and 17.7% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 47.9% White, 44.6% Hispanic or Latino, 3.0% African American across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Bear Branch Int, with a diversity index of 57.9/100.
Its largest campus is Magnolia West H S, enrolling 2,356 students (16% of the district's total enrollment). Its smallest is Project Restore, at 1 students, a 2356x enrollment spread across the district's campuses.
Magnolia West H S accounts for 16.4% of all Magnolia Isd student enrollment
That concentration means Magnolia Isd-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the dominant entity. Grade band: high. 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.
Magnolia Isd school enrollment varies 2356× across entities
Magnolia Isd school enrollment ranges from 1 students (lowest) to 2,356 students (highest), a spread of 2,355 students. That ratio is an extreme outlier spread — among the widest gaps observed anywhere in this dataset. Per-school staffing ratios, programme availability, and capital-renovation cycles often diverge inside the same district based on enrollment shape.
Magnolia Isd student-counselor ratio is 544:1 — well above typical (typically associated with unusually large scale or acute resource constraints)
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 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.
Magnolia Isd chronic absenteeism rate is 17.7% — 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 Magnolia Isd is typically wider than the Magnolia Isd-aggregate figure suggests.