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New Braunfels, Texas - 15 schools
An equity score of 11/100 ranks New Braunfels Isd #1025 of 1044 districts in Texas (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $9,374 per pupil, New Braunfels Isd ranks #1156 of 1202 Texas districts by per-pupil spending (Texas districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
9,745
Total Enrollment
15
Schools
$9,374
Per-Pupil Spending
Combined, High
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
New Braunfels Isd operates 15 public schools serving 9,745 students, placing it among the smaller districts in Texas. The school portfolio breaks down into 7 combined, 3 high, 3 elementary, 2 middle schools, a compact enough portfolio that families can compare every campus directly before they move, rent, or enrol. These enrollment and school figures come from the NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) 2024-25 release, and the district is based in Comal County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $9,374 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, among the bottom 121 of 1202 Texas districts by per-pupil spending. See how Texas compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 72.7% local, 16.1% state, and 11.3% 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 #1025 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 2 of 15 schools offering Advanced Placement (22 AP courses district-wide), a 402:1 student-counselor ratio, well above the ASCA benchmark though still under the roughly 408:1 national average, and 20.9% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 50.9% Hispanic or Latino, 42.0% White, 2.0% African American across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Walnut Springs El, with a diversity index of 58.6/100.
Its largest campus is New Braunfels H S, enrolling 1,990 students (20% of the district's total enrollment). Its smallest is The Nbisd Learning Center, at 82 students, a 24x enrollment spread across the district's campuses.
New Braunfels H S accounts for 20.1% of all New Braunfels Isd student enrollment
That concentration means New Braunfels 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.
New Braunfels Isd school enrollment varies 24× across entities
New Braunfels Isd school enrollment ranges from 82 students (lowest) to 1,990 students (highest), a spread of 1,908 students. That spread is wider than typical and predicts noticeable gaps in service quality between the highest and lowest areas. Per-school staffing ratios, programme availability, and capital-renovation cycles often diverge inside the same district based on enrollment shape.
New Braunfels Isd student-counselor ratio is 402:1 — high (typically associated with staffing constraints that limit per-student counselor time; CRDC data shows higher ratios cluster in larger urban systems)
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 Higher values may reflect larger urban scale or recent resource constraints that have widened the gap.
New Braunfels Isd chronic absenteeism rate is 20.9% — 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 New Braunfels Isd is typically wider than the New Braunfels Isd-aggregate figure suggests.
New Braunfels Isd has 15 schools, including 3 high, 2 middle, 3 elementary, 7 combined. Total enrollment is 9,745 students.
How much does New Braunfels Isd spend per student?
New Braunfels Isd spends $9,374 per student. The district has an equity score of 11/100, ranking #1025 in Texas.
What is the demographic composition of New Braunfels Isd?
New Braunfels Isd students are 50.9% Hispanic or Latino, 42.0% White, 2.0% African American, 0.9% Asian, averaged across 15 schools. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.
What is the equity score for New Braunfels Isd?
New Braunfels Isd has an equity score of 11/100, ranking #1025 out of 1044 districts in Texas.