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Premont, Texas - 3 schools
An equity score of 67/100 ranks Premont Isd #231 of 1044 districts in Texas (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $16,199 per pupil, Premont Isd ranks #196 of 1202 Texas districts by per-pupil spending (Texas districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
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Total Enrollment
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$16,199
Per-Pupil Spending
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School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Premont Isd operates 3 public schools serving 757 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Texas. The school portfolio breaks down into 2 combined, 1 elementary 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 Jim Wells County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $16,199 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 16.2% local, 55.4% state, and 28.4% federal, a state-revenue-heavy mix that insulates the district somewhat from local property-tax volatility, though it ties funding to state budget cycles. The district's equity score is 67/100, ranked #231 of 1044 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.
a 357:1 student-counselor ratio, well above the ASCA benchmark though still under the roughly 408:1 national average, and 36.9% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 95.0% Hispanic or Latino, 3.6% White, 1.0% African American across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Premont Montessori Academy, with a diversity index of 15.0/100.
Its largest campus is Premont Collegiate H S, enrolling 387 students (49% of the district's total enrollment). Its smallest is Premont Montessori Academy, at 50 students, a 8x enrollment spread across the district's campuses.
Premont Collegiate H S accounts for 48.7% of all Premont Isd student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Premont Isd a distant remainder — means Premont 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.
Premont Isd school enrollment varies 7.7× across entities
Premont Isd school enrollment ranges from 50 students (lowest) to 387 students (highest), a spread of 337 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.
Premont Isd has higher-than-average Title I eligibility — 85.1% 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 — including this one — 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.
Premont Isd student-counselor ratio is 357:1 — 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.
Premont Isd chronic absenteeism rate is 36.9% — 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.