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New Deal, Texas - 4 schools
An equity score of 52/100 ranks New Deal Isd #488 of 1044 districts in Texas (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $12,415 per pupil, New Deal Isd ranks #694 of 1202 Texas districts by per-pupil spending (Texas districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
757
Total Enrollment
4
Schools
$12,415
Per-Pupil Spending
Combined, High
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
New Deal Isd operates 4 public schools serving 757 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Texas. The school portfolio breaks down into 2 combined, 1 high, 1 elementary 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 Lubbock County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $12,415 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 41.5% local, 43.7% state, and 14.8% 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 52/100, ranked #488 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.
a 733.3:1 student-counselor ratio, above both the ASCA benchmark and the roughly 408:1 national average, and 15.0% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 56.1% Hispanic or Latino, 41.8% White, 0.6% African American across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is New Deal H S, with a diversity index of 52.4/100.
Its largest campus is New Deal El, enrolling 272 students (37% of the district's total enrollment). Its smallest is New Deal Daep, at 5 students, a 54x enrollment spread across the district's campuses.
New Deal El accounts for 35.9% of all New Deal Isd student enrollment
That dominant concentration means New Deal 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.
New Deal Isd school enrollment varies 54× across entities
New Deal Isd school enrollment ranges from 5 students (lowest) to 272 students (highest), a spread of 267 students. That ratio is among the widest observed and reflects extreme enrollment heterogeneity, the district operates both small specialty programs and large comprehensive campuses inside a single budgeting unit. Per-school staffing ratios, programme availability, and capital-renovation cycles often diverge inside the same district based on enrollment shape.
New Deal Isd has higher-than-average Title I eligibility — 69.9% 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.
New Deal Isd student-counselor ratio is 733:1 — 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.
New Deal Isd chronic absenteeism rate is 15.0% — 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 Deal Isd is typically wider than the New Deal Isd-aggregate figure suggests.
New Deal Isd has 4 schools, including 2 combined, 1 high, 1 elementary. Total enrollment is 757 students.
How much does New Deal Isd spend per student?
New Deal Isd spends $12,415 per student. The district has an equity score of 52/100, ranking #488 in Texas.
What is the demographic composition of New Deal Isd?
New Deal Isd students are 56.1% Hispanic or Latino, 41.8% White, 0.6% African American, averaged across 4 schools. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.
What is the equity score for New Deal Isd?
New Deal Isd has an equity score of 52/100, ranking #488 out of 1044 districts in Texas.