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Pattonville, Texas - 4 schools
An equity score of 30/100 ranks Prairiland Isd #845 of 1044 districts in Texas (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $10,226 per pupil, Prairiland Isd ranks #1087 of 1202 Texas districts by per-pupil spending (Texas districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
1,099
Total Enrollment
4
Schools
$10,226
Per-Pupil Spending
Combined, High
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Prairiland Isd operates 4 public schools serving 1,099 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Texas. The school portfolio breaks down into 2 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 Lamar County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $10,226 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 45.2% local, 47.5% state, and 7.2% 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 30/100, ranked #845 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.
a 317:1 student-counselor ratio, somewhat above the 250:1 ASCA recommendation, and 11.1% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 83.4% White, 11.6% Hispanic or Latino, 0.8% African American across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Prairiland H S, with a diversity index of 30.6/100.
Its largest campus is Blossom El, enrolling 408 students (37% of the district's total enrollment).
Blossom El accounts for 36.9% of all Prairiland Isd student enrollment
That dominant concentration means Prairiland Isd-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.
Prairiland Isd school enrollment varies 2.6× across entities
Prairiland Isd school enrollment ranges from 154 students (lowest) to 408 students (highest), a spread of 254 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.
Prairiland Isd student-counselor ratio is 317:1 — near the typical range (US average ~408) — within the typical range for U.S. public districts
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 Variation between sub-units within Prairiland Isd is typically wider than the Prairiland Isd-aggregate figure suggests.
Prairiland Isd chronic absenteeism rate is 11.1% — 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.