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New Waverly, Texas - 1 schools
At $38,414 per pupil, Raven School ranks #2 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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$38,414
Per-Pupil Spending
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School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Raven School operates 1 public schools serving 56 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Texas. The school portfolio breaks down into 1 high 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 Walker County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $38,414 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, among the top 121 of 1202 Texas districts by per-pupil spending. See how Texas compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 0.1% local, 62.5% state, and 37.4% federal, a state-revenue-heavy mix that insulates the district somewhat from local property-tax volatility, though it ties funding to state budget cycles.
. Demographically, the student body averages 38.1% African American, 33.3% Hispanic or Latino, 23.8% White across the district's schools.
Thomas Buzbee Vocational School accounts for 75.0% of all Raven School student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Raven School a distant remainder — means Raven School-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the dominant entity. Grade band: high. 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.
Raven School has higher-than-average Title I eligibility — 94.6% 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). Eligibility here is a supermajority of the population — well past the 75% concentration-grant threshold that unlocks extra funding 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.
Raven School has 1 school, including 1 high. Total enrollment is 56 students.
How much does Raven School spend per student?
Raven School spends $38,414 per student.
What is the demographic composition of Raven School?
Raven School students are 38.1% African American, 33.3% Hispanic or Latino, 23.8% White, averaged across 1 school. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.