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Pearland, Texas - 24 schools
An equity score of 16/100 ranks Pearland Isd #1002 of 1044 districts in Texas (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $9,871 per pupil, Pearland Isd ranks #1122 of 1202 Texas districts by per-pupil spending (Texas districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
21,237
Total Enrollment
24
Schools
$9,871
Per-Pupil Spending
Combined, High
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Pearland Isd operates 24 public schools serving 21,237 students, placing it in the mid-size range in Texas. The school portfolio breaks down into 11 combined, 5 high, 4 middle, 4 elementary schools, giving families a clear picture of grade-band coverage before they move, rent, or enrol. These enrollment and school figures come from the NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) 2024-25 release, and the district is based in Brazoria County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $9,871 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 50.0% local, 40.2% state, and 9.9% 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 16/100, ranked #1002 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 3 of 24 schools offering Advanced Placement (65 AP courses district-wide), a 494.4:1 student-counselor ratio, above both the ASCA benchmark and the roughly 408:1 national average, and 14.3% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 38.8% Hispanic or Latino, 27.1% White, 18.1% African American across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Silverlake El, with a diversity index of 77.8/100.
Its largest campus is Pearland H S, enrolling 3,412 students (16% of the district's total enrollment). Its smallest is Brazoria Co J J a E P, at 2 students, a 1706x enrollment spread across the district's campuses.
Pearland H S accounts for 16.1% of all Pearland Isd student enrollment
That concentration means Pearland 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.
Pearland Isd school enrollment varies 1706× across entities
Pearland Isd school enrollment ranges from 2 students (lowest) to 3,412 students (highest), a spread of 3,410 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.
Pearland Isd student-counselor ratio is 494:1 — 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.
Pearland Isd chronic absenteeism rate is 14.3% — low (typically associated with lower-than-average attendance disruption; districts in this range often have attendance interventions, robust transportation, or smaller catchments that reduce barriers)
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 Lower values often correlate with smaller scale and population characteristics rather than higher resource budgets per se.