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Mineral Wells, Texas - 4 schools
An equity score of 43/100 ranks Mineral Wells Isd #641 of 1044 districts in Texas (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $12,351 per pupil, Mineral Wells Isd ranks #707 of 1202 Texas districts by per-pupil spending (Texas districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
3,352
Total Enrollment
4
Schools
$12,351
Per-Pupil Spending
High, Combined
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Mineral Wells Isd operates 4 public schools serving 3,352 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Texas. The school portfolio breaks down into 2 high, 1 combined, 1 middle 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 Palo Pinto County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $12,351 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 30.2% local, 49.4% state, and 20.4% 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 43/100, ranked #641 of 1044 in Texas against a state average of 50, in line with the typical spread seen across the state for how evenly funding reaches its schools.
Academic infrastructure includes 1 of 4 schools offering Advanced Placement (9 AP courses district-wide), a 1695.2:1 student-counselor ratio, above both the ASCA benchmark and the roughly 408:1 national average, and 18.4% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 50.0% White, 40.6% Hispanic or Latino, 1.8% African American across the district's schools.
Its largest campus is Mineral Wells H S, enrolling 3,275 students (57% of the district's total enrollment). Its smallest is Mineral Wells Academy, at 28 students, a 117x enrollment spread across the district's campuses.
Mineral Wells H S accounts for 57.3% of all Mineral Wells Isd student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Mineral Wells Isd a distant remainder — means Mineral Wells 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.
Mineral Wells Isd school enrollment varies 117× across entities
Mineral Wells Isd school enrollment ranges from 28 students (lowest) to 3,275 students (highest), a spread of 3,247 students. That ratio is an extreme outlier spread — among the widest gaps observed anywhere in this dataset. Per-school staffing ratios, programme availability, and capital-renovation cycles often diverge inside the same district based on enrollment shape.
Mineral Wells Isd has higher-than-average Title I eligibility — 72.3% 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). Eligibility here is approaching the 75% concentration-grant threshold; it does not yet unlock the extra funding tier but sits meaningfully above the baseline 50% majority mark. 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.
Mineral Wells Isd student-counselor ratio is 1695:1 — 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.
Mineral Wells Isd chronic absenteeism rate is 18.4% — 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 Mineral Wells Isd is typically wider than the Mineral Wells Isd-aggregate figure suggests.
Mineral Wells Isd has 4 schools, including 2 high, 1 combined, 1 middle. Total enrollment is 3,352 students.
How much does Mineral Wells Isd spend per student?
Mineral Wells Isd spends $12,351 per student. The district has an equity score of 43/100, ranking #641 in Texas.
What is the demographic composition of Mineral Wells Isd?
Mineral Wells Isd students are 50.0% White, 40.6% Hispanic or Latino, 1.8% African American, 0.5% Asian, averaged across 4 schools. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.
What is the equity score for Mineral Wells Isd?
Mineral Wells Isd has an equity score of 43/100, ranking #641 out of 1044 districts in Texas.