An equity score of 33/100 ranks Mineral Wells Isd #799 of 1047 districts in Texas (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $11,736 per pupil, Mineral Wells Isd ranks #924 of 1207 Texas districts by per-pupil spending (Texas districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
3,352
Total Enrollment
4
Schools
$11,736
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 $11,736 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, in the lower half of 1207 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 33/100, ranked #799 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.
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 largest entity. Grade band: high. 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.
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 reports 73.1% free-lunch eligibility
The reported share sits between 62.5% and 75%, above a simple majority but below the highest descriptive band used here. Title I operates under the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA, 2015), but its statutory allocation uses additional LEA-level counts and rules not represented by this average. This percentage is an economic-need context measure; it does not establish a Title I award, show dollars received, or describe how funds are distributed among campuses.
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 $11,736 per student. The district has an equity score of 33/100, ranking #799 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 33/100, ranking #799 out of 1047 districts in Texas.