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Castroville, Texas - 8 schools
An equity score of 19/100 ranks Medina Valley Isd #979 of 1044 districts in Texas (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $10,643 per pupil, Medina Valley Isd ranks #1027 of 1202 Texas districts by per-pupil spending (Texas districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
7,823
Total Enrollment
8
Schools
$10,643
Per-Pupil Spending
Combined, Middle
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Medina Valley Isd operates 8 public schools serving 7,823 students, placing it among the smaller districts in Texas. The school portfolio breaks down into 6 combined, 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 Medina County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $10,643 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 47.3% local, 39.2% state, and 13.4% 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 19/100, ranked #979 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 627.9:1 student-counselor ratio, above both the ASCA benchmark and the roughly 408:1 national average, and 17.9% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 64.8% Hispanic or Latino, 21.5% White, 6.8% African American across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Ladera El, with a diversity index of 56.2/100.
Its largest campus is Medina Valley H S, enrolling 2,626 students (30% of the district's total enrollment). Its smallest is Castroville El, at 600 students, a 4x enrollment spread across the district's campuses.
Medina Valley H S accounts for 30.4% of all Medina Valley Isd student enrollment
That dominant concentration means Medina Valley Isd-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the dominant entity. Grade band: combined. 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.
Medina Valley Isd school enrollment varies 4.4× across entities
Medina Valley Isd school enrollment ranges from 600 students (lowest) to 2,626 students (highest), a spread of 2,026 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.
Medina Valley Isd student-counselor ratio is 628:1 — 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.
Medina Valley Isd chronic absenteeism rate is 17.9% — 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 Medina Valley Isd is typically wider than the Medina Valley Isd-aggregate figure suggests.
Medina Valley Isd has 8 schools, including 6 combined, 2 middle. Total enrollment is 7,823 students.
How much does Medina Valley Isd spend per student?
Medina Valley Isd spends $10,643 per student. The district has an equity score of 19/100, ranking #979 in Texas.
What is the demographic composition of Medina Valley Isd?
Medina Valley Isd students are 64.8% Hispanic or Latino, 21.5% White, 6.8% African American, 1.9% Asian, averaged across 8 schools. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.
What is the equity score for Medina Valley Isd?
Medina Valley Isd has an equity score of 19/100, ranking #979 out of 1044 districts in Texas.