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Muenster, Texas - 2 schools
An equity score of 24/100 ranks Muenster Isd #933 of 1044 districts in Texas (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $11,286 per pupil, Muenster Isd ranks #919 of 1202 Texas districts by per-pupil spending (Texas districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
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Muenster Isd operates 2 public schools serving 563 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Texas. The school portfolio breaks down into 2 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 Cooke County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $11,286 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 69.7% local, 23.3% state, and 7.0% 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 24/100, ranked #933 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 2 schools offering Advanced Placement (1 AP courses district-wide), a 285:1 student-counselor ratio, somewhat above the 250:1 ASCA recommendation, and 4.3% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 89.8% White, 5.9% Hispanic or Latino, 0.3% Asian across the district's schools.
Its largest campus is Muenster El, enrolling 311 students (55% of the district's total enrollment).
Muenster El accounts for 54.6% of all Muenster Isd student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Muenster Isd a distant remainder — means Muenster 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.
Muenster Isd student-counselor ratio is 285:1 — near the typical range (US average ~408) — within the typical range for U.S. public districts
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 Variation between sub-units within Muenster Isd is typically wider than the Muenster Isd-aggregate figure suggests.
Muenster Isd chronic absenteeism rate is 4.3% — well below typical (typically associated with unusually small scale or exceptionally high per-unit investment)
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 Values this far below typical often correlate with unusually small scale or population characteristics rather than higher resource budgets per se — worth checking whether the underlying denominator is itself an outlier.