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Valera, Texas - 1 schools
At $16,091 per pupil, Panther Creek Cisd ranks #202 of 1202 Texas districts by per-pupil spending (Texas districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
145
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$16,091
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District-Level NCES Analysis
Panther Creek Cisd operates 1 public schools serving 145 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Texas. The school portfolio breaks down into 1 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 Coleman County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $16,091 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, in the upper half of 1202 Texas districts by per-pupil spending. See how Texas compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 44.3% local, 36.6% state, and 19.1% federal, a balanced mix across local, state, and federal sources, spreading budget risk across funding cycles rather than concentrating it in one.
a 163:1 student-counselor ratio, that meets the ASCA-recommended benchmark, and 27.6% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 73.6% White, 20.9% Hispanic or Latino, 1.2% African American across the district's schools.
Its largest campus is Panther Creek School, enrolling 163 students (100% of the district's total enrollment).
Panther Creek School accounts for 100.0% of all Panther Creek Cisd student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Panther Creek Cisd a distant remainder — means Panther Creek Cisd-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.
Panther Creek Cisd has higher-than-average Title I eligibility — 55.9% 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). 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.
Panther Creek Cisd student-counselor ratio is 163:1 — low (typically associated with meeting or exceeding the American School Counselor Association (ASCA) recommended 250:1 benchmark, which correlates with stronger college and career counseling capacity)
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 Lower values often correlate with smaller scale and population characteristics rather than higher resource budgets per se.
Panther Creek Cisd chronic absenteeism rate is 27.6% — 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 Panther Creek Cisd is typically wider than the Panther Creek Cisd-aggregate figure suggests.
Panther Creek Cisd has 1 school, including 1 combined. Total enrollment is 145 students.
How much does Panther Creek Cisd spend per student?
Panther Creek Cisd spends $16,091 per student.
What is the demographic composition of Panther Creek Cisd?
Panther Creek Cisd students are 73.6% White, 20.9% Hispanic or Latino, 1.2% African American, averaged across 1 school. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.