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Mcleod, Texas - 3 schools
An equity score of 37/100 ranks Mcleod Isd #742 of 1044 districts in Texas (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $11,590 per pupil, Mcleod Isd ranks #862 of 1202 Texas districts by per-pupil spending (Texas districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
414
Total Enrollment
3
Schools
$11,590
Per-Pupil Spending
High, Combined
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Mcleod Isd operates 3 public schools serving 414 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Texas. The school portfolio breaks down into 1 high, 1 combined, 1 elementary 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 Cass County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $11,590 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 7.7% local, 80.9% state, and 11.5% 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 37/100, ranked #742 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.
a 243:1 student-counselor ratio, that meets the ASCA-recommended benchmark, and 24.4% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 92.2% White, 2.8% Hispanic or Latino, 0.5% African American across the district's schools.
Its largest campus is Mcleod H S, enrolling 424 students (58% of the district's total enrollment). Its smallest is Mcleod Middle, at 140 students, a 3x enrollment spread across the district's campuses.
Mcleod H S accounts for 58.2% of all Mcleod Isd student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Mcleod Isd a distant remainder — means Mcleod 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.
Mcleod Isd school enrollment varies 3.0× across entities
Mcleod Isd school enrollment ranges from 140 students (lowest) to 424 students (highest), a spread of 284 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.
Mcleod Isd student-counselor ratio is 243:1 — 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.
Mcleod Isd chronic absenteeism rate is 24.4% — 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 Mcleod Isd is typically wider than the Mcleod Isd-aggregate figure suggests.