An equity score of 11/100 ranks Melissa Isd #1031 of 1047 districts in Texas (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $10,487 per pupil, Melissa Isd ranks #1103 of 1207 Texas districts by per-pupil spending (Texas districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
5,654
Total Enrollment
6
Schools
$10,487
Per-Pupil Spending
Elementary, High
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Melissa Isd operates 6 public schools serving 5,654 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Texas. The school portfolio breaks down into 3 elementary, 1 high, 1 middle, 1 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 Collin County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $10,487 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, among the bottom 121 of 1207 Texas districts by per-pupil spending. See how Texas compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 52.9% local, 41.1% state, and 6.0% 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 11/100, ranked #1031 of 1047 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 1064.3:1 student-counselor ratio, above both the ASCA benchmark and the roughly 408:1 national average, and 13.0% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 40.7% White, 19.0% Asian, 16.5% African American across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Melissa Ridge Education Center, with a diversity index of 77.1/100.
Its largest campus is Melissa H S, enrolling 1,983 students (29% of the district's total enrollment). Its smallest is Melissa Ridge Education Center, at 291 students, a 7x enrollment spread across the district's campuses.
Melissa H S accounts for 29.3% of all Melissa Isd student enrollment
That dominant concentration means Melissa Isd-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the largest entity. Grade band: high. The share measures enrollment concentration only; it does not establish how the district allocates programs, capital, or staff. Enrollment-weighted aggregates give this entity more weight than any smaller peer, while an unweighted entity average treats every record equally.
Melissa Isd school enrollment varies 6.8× across entities
Melissa Isd school enrollment ranges from 291 students (lowest) to 1,983 students (highest), a spread of 1,692 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.
Melissa Isd student-counselor ratio is 1064:1 — 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.
Melissa Isd chronic absenteeism rate is 13.0% — low (typically associated with lower-than-average attendance disruption; districts in this range often have attendance interventions, robust transportation, or smaller catchments that reduce barriers)
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 Lower values often correlate with smaller scale and population characteristics rather than higher resource budgets per se.