An equity score of 69/100 ranks Nixon-Smiley Cisd #205 of 1047 districts in Texas (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $16,278 per pupil, Nixon-Smiley Cisd ranks #239 of 1207 Texas districts by per-pupil spending (Texas districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
1,045
Total Enrollment
4
Schools
$16,278
Per-Pupil Spending
Combined, High
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Nixon-Smiley Cisd operates 4 public schools serving 1,045 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 Gonzales County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $16,278 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, in the upper half of 1207 Texas districts by per-pupil spending. See how Texas compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 54.2% local, 23.6% state, and 22.2% 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 69/100, ranked #205 of 1047 in Texas against a state average of 50, notably more 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 (1 AP courses district-wide), a 337.7:1 student-counselor ratio, well above the ASCA benchmark though still under the roughly 408:1 national average, and 21.7% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 79.8% Hispanic or Latino, 17.0% White, 1.3% African American across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Nixon-Smiley Middle, with a diversity index of 45.8/100.
Its largest campus is Nixon Smiley El, enrolling 438 students (43% of the district's total enrollment). Its smallest is Nixon-Smiley Cisd Daep, at 2 students, a 219x enrollment spread across the district's campuses.
Nixon Smiley El accounts for 41.9% of all Nixon-Smiley Cisd student enrollment
That dominant concentration means Nixon-Smiley Cisd-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. Enrollment-weighted aggregates give this entity more weight than any smaller peer, while an unweighted entity average treats every record equally.
Nixon-Smiley Cisd school enrollment varies 219× across entities
Nixon-Smiley Cisd school enrollment ranges from 2 students (lowest) to 438 students (highest), a spread of 436 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.
The reported share is at least 75%, indicating a high concentration of measured economic need. 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.
Nixon-Smiley Cisd student-counselor ratio is 338:1 — 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 Nixon-Smiley Cisd is typically wider than the Nixon-Smiley Cisd-aggregate figure suggests.
Nixon-Smiley Cisd chronic absenteeism rate is 21.7% — 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 Nixon-Smiley Cisd is typically wider than the Nixon-Smiley Cisd-aggregate figure suggests.