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Red Oak, Texas - 8 schools
An equity score of 20/100 ranks Red Oak Isd #970 of 1044 districts in Texas (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $10,154 per pupil, Red Oak Isd ranks #1096 of 1202 Texas districts by per-pupil spending (Texas districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
6,499
Total Enrollment
8
Schools
$10,154
Per-Pupil Spending
Combined, High
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Red Oak Isd operates 8 public schools serving 6,499 students, placing it among the smaller districts in Texas. The school portfolio breaks down into 6 combined, 1 high, 1 middle schools, a compact enough portfolio that families can compare every campus directly before they move, rent, or enrol. These enrollment and school figures come from the NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) 2024-25 release, and the district is based in Ellis County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $10,154 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 45.1% local, 43.2% state, and 11.7% 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 20/100, ranked #970 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.
Academic infrastructure includes 1 of 8 schools offering Advanced Placement (21 AP courses district-wide), a 523.5:1 student-counselor ratio, above both the ASCA benchmark and the roughly 408:1 national average, and 20.0% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 50.0% Hispanic or Latino, 30.7% African American, 15.1% White across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Shields El, with a diversity index of 67.8/100.
Its largest campus is Red Oak H S, enrolling 2,297 students (34% of the district's total enrollment). Its smallest is Ellis Co Jjaep, at 1 students, a 2297x enrollment spread across the district's campuses.
Red Oak H S accounts for 34.3% of all Red Oak Isd student enrollment
That dominant concentration means Red Oak Isd-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.
Red Oak Isd school enrollment varies 2297× across entities
Red Oak Isd school enrollment ranges from 1 students (lowest) to 2,297 students (highest), a spread of 2,296 students. That ratio is an extreme outlier spread — among the widest gaps observed anywhere in this dataset. Per-school staffing ratios, programme availability, and capital-renovation cycles often diverge inside the same district based on enrollment shape.
Red Oak Isd has higher-than-average Title I eligibility — 55.1% 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 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.
Red Oak Isd student-counselor ratio is 524:1 — well above typical (typically associated with unusually large scale or acute resource constraints)
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 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.
Red Oak Isd chronic absenteeism rate is 20.0% — near the typical range (US average ~28) — aligned with the national post-pandemic baseline of roughly 28% chronic absenteeism
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 Variation between sub-units within Red Oak Isd is typically wider than the Red Oak Isd-aggregate figure suggests.
Red Oak Isd has 8 schools, including 1 high, 1 middle, 6 combined. Total enrollment is 6,499 students.
How much does Red Oak Isd spend per student?
Red Oak Isd spends $10,154 per student. The district has an equity score of 20/100, ranking #970 in Texas.
What is the demographic composition of Red Oak Isd?
Red Oak Isd students are 50.0% Hispanic or Latino, 30.7% African American, 15.1% White, 0.8% Asian, averaged across 8 schools. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.
What is the equity score for Red Oak Isd?
Red Oak Isd has an equity score of 20/100, ranking #970 out of 1044 districts in Texas.