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Canton, Texas - 1 schools
At $13,867 per pupil, Ranch Academy ranks #422 of 1202 Texas districts by per-pupil spending (Texas districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
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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 $13,867 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 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 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.
Ranch Academy has higher-than-average Title I eligibility — 53.8% 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 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.
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 $13,867 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.