An equity score of 71/100 ranks Mcdade Isd #173 of 1047 districts in Texas (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $15,784 per pupil, Mcdade Isd ranks #283 of 1207 Texas districts by per-pupil spending (Texas districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
356
Total Enrollment
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Schools
$15,784
Per-Pupil Spending
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School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Mcdade Isd operates 2 public schools serving 356 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Texas. The school portfolio breaks down into 2 combined 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 Bastrop County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $15,784 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 25.9% local, 53.6% state, and 20.5% federal, a state-revenue-heavy mix that insulates the district somewhat from local property-tax volatility, though it ties funding to state budget cycles. The district's equity score is 71/100, ranked #173 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.
and 18.9% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 57.7% Hispanic or Latino, 37.6% White, 0.6% African American across the district's schools.
Its largest campus is Mcdade El, enrolling 208 students (55% of the district's total enrollment).
Mcdade El accounts for 55.2% of all Mcdade Isd student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Mcdade Isd a distant remainder — means Mcdade Isd-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. Because it contains a majority of the affected population, enrollment-weighted aggregates will sit closer to this entity's reported fields than to those of smaller peers; an unweighted entity count answers a different question.
Mcdade Isd chronic absenteeism rate is 18.9% — 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 Mcdade Isd is typically wider than the Mcdade Isd-aggregate figure suggests.