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Mansfield, Texas - 47 schools
An equity score of 21/100 ranks Mansfield Isd #958 of 1044 districts in Texas (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $10,247 per pupil, Mansfield Isd ranks #1084 of 1202 Texas districts by per-pupil spending (Texas districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
35,722
Total Enrollment
47
Schools
$10,247
Per-Pupil Spending
Combined, Elementary
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Mansfield Isd operates 47 public schools serving 35,722 students, placing it in the mid-size range in Texas. The school portfolio breaks down into 22 combined, 11 elementary, 7 high, 7 middle schools, giving families a clear picture of grade-band coverage 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 Tarrant County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $10,247 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, among the bottom 121 of 1202 Texas districts by per-pupil spending. See how Texas compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 54.8% local, 33.7% state, and 11.5% 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 21/100, ranked #958 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 6 of 47 schools offering Advanced Placement (126 AP courses district-wide), a 455.2:1 student-counselor ratio, above both the ASCA benchmark and the roughly 408:1 national average, and 18.3% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 34.5% African American, 27.5% Hispanic or Latino, 23.2% White across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Carol Holt El, with a diversity index of 76.4/100.
Its largest campus is Mansfield Lake Ridge H S, enrolling 2,751 students (8% of the district's total enrollment). Its smallest is The Phoenix Academy, at 54 students, a 51x enrollment spread across the district's campuses.
Mansfield Isd school enrollment varies 51× across entities
Mansfield Isd school enrollment ranges from 54 students (lowest) to 2,751 students (highest), a spread of 2,697 students. That ratio is among the widest observed and reflects extreme enrollment heterogeneity, the district operates both small specialty programs and large comprehensive campuses inside a single budgeting unit. Per-school staffing ratios, programme availability, and capital-renovation cycles often diverge inside the same district based on enrollment shape.
Mansfield Isd student-counselor ratio is 455:1 — 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.
Mansfield Isd chronic absenteeism rate is 18.3% — 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 Mansfield Isd is typically wider than the Mansfield Isd-aggregate figure suggests.