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Pampa, Texas - 6 schools
An equity score of 29/100 ranks Pampa Isd #854 of 1044 districts in Texas (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $9,982 per pupil, Pampa Isd ranks #1113 of 1202 Texas districts by per-pupil spending (Texas districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
3,441
Total Enrollment
6
Schools
$9,982
Per-Pupil Spending
Combined, Elementary
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Pampa Isd operates 6 public schools serving 3,441 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Texas. The school portfolio breaks down into 2 combined, 2 elementary, 1 high, 1 middle 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 Gray County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $9,982 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 33.4% local, 49.9% state, and 16.7% 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 29/100, ranked #854 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 6 schools offering Advanced Placement (5 AP courses district-wide), a 503.2:1 student-counselor ratio, above both the ASCA benchmark and the roughly 408:1 national average, and 35.2% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 49.1% Hispanic or Latino, 45.2% White, 2.8% African American across the district's schools.
Its largest campus is Pampa H S, enrolling 1,012 students (30% of the district's total enrollment).
Pampa H S accounts for 29.4% of all Pampa Isd student enrollment
That dominant concentration means Pampa 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.
Pampa Isd school enrollment varies 2.9× across entities
Pampa Isd school enrollment ranges from 355 students (lowest) to 1,012 students (highest), a spread of 657 students. That relatively narrow ratio reflects an unusually homogeneous campus portfolio, most districts have a wider mix of school sizes. Per-school staffing ratios, programme availability, and capital-renovation cycles often diverge inside the same district based on enrollment shape.
Pampa Isd has higher-than-average Title I eligibility — 61.2% 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). Areas above 75% eligibility receive concentration grants on top of the basic Title I formula. 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.
Pampa Isd student-counselor ratio is 503:1 — 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.
Pampa Isd chronic absenteeism rate is 35.2% — high (typically associated with higher-than-average disruption; recent CRDC data showed elevated rates persisting after pandemic-era schooling changes)
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 Higher values may reflect larger urban scale or recent resource constraints that have widened the gap.