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Carthage, Texas - 3 schools
At $8,062 per pupil, Panola Charter School ranks #1191 of 1202 Texas districts by per-pupil spending (Texas districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
197
Total Enrollment
3
Schools
$8,062
Per-Pupil Spending
Combined
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Panola Charter School operates 3 public schools serving 197 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Texas. The school portfolio breaks down into 3 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 Panola County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $8,062 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 1.2% local, 87.7% state, and 11.1% federal, a state-revenue-heavy mix that insulates the district somewhat from local property-tax volatility, though it ties funding to state budget cycles.
and 34.7% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 75.6% White, 12.9% Hispanic or Latino, 5.2% African American across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Texas Early College H S, with a diversity index of 56.2/100.
Its largest campus is Texas Early College H S, enrolling 97 students (53% of the district's total enrollment). Its smallest is Panola Cs, at 32 students, a 3x enrollment spread across the district's campuses.
Texas Early College H S accounts for 49.2% of all Panola Charter School student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Panola Charter School a distant remainder — means Panola Charter School-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.
Panola Charter School school enrollment varies 3.0× across entities
Panola Charter School school enrollment ranges from 32 students (lowest) to 97 students (highest), a spread of 65 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.
Panola Charter School chronic absenteeism rate is 34.7% — 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.
Panola Charter School has 3 schools, including 3 combined. Total enrollment is 197 students.
How much does Panola Charter School spend per student?
Panola Charter School spends $8,062 per student.
What is the demographic composition of Panola Charter School?
Panola Charter School students are 75.6% White, 12.9% Hispanic or Latino, 5.2% African American, averaged across 3 schools. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.