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Marshall, Texas - 8 schools
An equity score of 28/100 ranks Marshall Isd #871 of 1044 districts in Texas (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $10,484 per pupil, Marshall Isd ranks #1055 of 1202 Texas districts by per-pupil spending (Texas districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
5,057
Total Enrollment
8
Schools
$10,484
Per-Pupil Spending
Elementary, Combined
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Marshall Isd operates 8 public schools serving 5,057 students, placing it among the smaller districts in Texas. The school portfolio breaks down into 4 elementary, 2 combined, 1 high, 1 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 Harrison County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $10,484 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 46.9% local, 28.3% state, and 24.7% 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 28/100, ranked #871 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 8 schools offering Advanced Placement (8 AP courses district-wide), a 185.8:1 student-counselor ratio, that meets the ASCA-recommended benchmark, and 29.9% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 40.1% Hispanic or Latino, 35.8% African American, 19.9% White across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Marshall H S, with a diversity index of 68.5/100.
Its largest campus is Marshall H S, enrolling 1,467 students (30% of the district's total enrollment). Its smallest is Marshall Early Graduation School, at 71 students, a 21x enrollment spread across the district's campuses.
Marshall H S accounts for 29.0% of all Marshall Isd student enrollment
That dominant concentration means Marshall 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.
Marshall Isd school enrollment varies 21× across entities
Marshall Isd school enrollment ranges from 71 students (lowest) to 1,467 students (highest), a spread of 1,396 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.
Marshall Isd has higher-than-average Title I eligibility — 81.0% 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). Areas above 75% eligibility — including this one — receive concentration grants on top of the basic Title I formula. 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.
Marshall Isd student-counselor ratio is 186:1 — 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.
Marshall Isd chronic absenteeism rate is 29.9% — 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 Marshall Isd is typically wider than the Marshall Isd-aggregate figure suggests.