At $10,914 per pupil, Ranch Academy ranks #1048 of 1207 Texas districts by per-pupil spending (Texas districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
93
Total Enrollment
1
Schools
$10,914
Per-Pupil Spending
Combined
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Ranch Academy operates 1 public schools serving 93 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Texas. The school portfolio breaks down into 1 combined 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 Van Zandt County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $10,914 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 4.7% local, 82.3% state, and 13.0% federal, a state-revenue-heavy mix that insulates the district somewhat from local property-tax volatility, though it ties funding to state budget cycles.
Academic infrastructure includes 1 of 1 schools offering Advanced Placement (7 AP courses district-wide), and 76.6% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 59.4% White, 32.8% Hispanic or Latino, 4.7% African American across the district's schools.
Its largest campus is Ranch Academy, enrolling 64 students (100% of the district's total enrollment).
Ranch Academy accounts for 68.8% of all Ranch Academy student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Ranch Academy a distant remainder — means Ranch Academy-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. Because it contains a majority of the affected population, enrollment-weighted aggregates will sit closer to this entity's reported fields than to those of smaller peers; an unweighted entity count answers a different question.
Ranch Academy reports 53.8% free-lunch eligibility
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.
Ranch Academy chronic absenteeism rate is 76.6% — well above typical (typically associated with unusually large scale or acute resource constraints)
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 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.
Ranch Academy has 1 school, including 1 combined. Total enrollment is 93 students.
How much does Ranch Academy spend per student?
Ranch Academy spends $10,914 per student.
What is the demographic composition of Ranch Academy?
Ranch Academy students are 59.4% White, 32.8% Hispanic or Latino, 4.7% African American, averaged across 1 school. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.