At $22,667 per pupil, Mount Calm Isd ranks #49 of 1207 Texas districts by per-pupil spending (Texas districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
168
Total Enrollment
2
Schools
$22,667
Per-Pupil Spending
Combined, High
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Mount Calm Isd operates 2 public schools serving 168 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Texas. The school portfolio breaks down into 1 combined, 1 high 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 Hill County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $22,667 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, among the top 121 of 1207 Texas districts by per-pupil spending. See how Texas compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 15.2% local, 61.3% state, and 23.5% federal, a state-revenue-heavy mix that insulates the district somewhat from local property-tax volatility, though it ties funding to state budget cycles.
a 224:1 student-counselor ratio, that meets the ASCA-recommended benchmark, and 17.3% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 61.9% White, 29.8% Hispanic or Latino, 2.4% African American across the district's schools.
Its largest campus is Mount Calm Isd, enrolling 168 students (99% of the district's total enrollment). Its smallest is Hill County Jjaep, at 1 students, a 168x enrollment spread across the district's campuses.
Mount Calm Isd accounts for 99.4% of all Mount Calm Isd student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Mount Calm Isd a distant remainder — means Mount Calm Isd-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the largest entity. Grade band: combined. 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.
Mount Calm Isd reports 73.7% 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.
Mount Calm Isd student-counselor ratio is 224:1 — 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.
Mount Calm Isd chronic absenteeism rate is 17.3% — 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 Mount Calm Isd is typically wider than the Mount Calm Isd-aggregate figure suggests.
Mount Calm Isd has 2 schools, including 1 combined, 1 high. Total enrollment is 168 students.
How much does Mount Calm Isd spend per student?
Mount Calm Isd spends $22,667 per student.
What is the demographic composition of Mount Calm Isd?
Mount Calm Isd students are 61.9% White, 29.8% Hispanic or Latino, 2.4% African American, 0.6% Asian, averaged across 2 schools. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.