An equity score of 40/100 ranks Pearsall Isd #695 of 1047 districts in Texas (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $12,782 per pupil, Pearsall Isd ranks #735 of 1207 Texas districts by per-pupil spending (Texas districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
2,026
Total Enrollment
5
Schools
$12,782
Per-Pupil Spending
High, Combined
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Pearsall Isd operates 5 public schools serving 2,026 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Texas. The school portfolio breaks down into 2 high, 1 combined, 1 elementary, 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 Frio County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $12,782 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, in the lower half of 1207 Texas districts by per-pupil spending. See how Texas compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 48.8% local, 28.9% state, and 22.3% 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 40/100, ranked #695 of 1047 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.
and 36.0% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 95.0% Hispanic or Latino, 4.2% White, 0.4% African American across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Pearsall J H, with a diversity index of 13.3/100.
Its largest campus is Pearsall H S, enrolling 572 students (29% of the district's total enrollment). Its smallest is Atascosa Juvenile Detention Ctr, at 2 students, a 286x enrollment spread across the district's campuses.
Pearsall H S accounts for 28.2% of all Pearsall Isd student enrollment
That dominant concentration means Pearsall Isd-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the largest entity. Grade band: high. 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.
Pearsall Isd school enrollment varies 286× across entities
Pearsall Isd school enrollment ranges from 2 students (lowest) to 572 students (highest), a spread of 570 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.
Pearsall Isd chronic absenteeism rate is 36.0% — 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.