An equity score of 68/100 ranks Plains Isd #229 of 1047 districts in Texas (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $17,677 per pupil, Plains Isd ranks #167 of 1207 Texas districts by per-pupil spending (Texas districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
431
Total Enrollment
3
Schools
$17,677
Per-Pupil Spending
Combined, High
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Plains Isd operates 3 public schools serving 431 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Texas. The school portfolio breaks down into 1 combined, 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 Yoakum County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $17,677 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, in the upper half of 1207 Texas districts by per-pupil spending. See how Texas compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 85.8% local, 4.3% 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 68/100, ranked #229 of 1047 in Texas against a state average of 50, notably more even than the typical district in the state for how evenly funding reaches its schools.
Academic infrastructure includes 1 of 3 schools offering Advanced Placement (2 AP courses district-wide), a 423.4:1 student-counselor ratio, above both the ASCA benchmark and the roughly 408:1 national average, and 33.5% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 67.4% Hispanic or Latino, 31.7% White across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Plains Middle, with a diversity index of 48.4/100.
Its largest campus is Plains El, enrolling 201 students (48% of the district's total enrollment).
Plains El accounts for 46.6% of all Plains Isd student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Plains Isd a distant remainder — means Plains Isd-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the largest entity. Grade band: combined. 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.
Plains Isd school enrollment varies 2.2× across entities
Plains Isd school enrollment ranges from 93 students (lowest) to 201 students (highest), a spread of 108 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.
The reported share clears the 50% majority mark. 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.
Plains Isd student-counselor ratio is 423:1 — high (typically associated with staffing constraints that limit per-student counselor time; CRDC data shows higher ratios cluster in larger urban systems)
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 Higher values may reflect larger urban scale or recent resource constraints that have widened the gap.
Plains Isd chronic absenteeism rate is 33.5% — 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.