An equity score of 72/100 ranks Riviera Isd #158 of 1047 districts in Texas (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $17,245 per pupil, Riviera Isd ranks #189 of 1207 Texas districts by per-pupil spending (Texas districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
478
Total Enrollment
3
Schools
$17,245
Per-Pupil Spending
High, Combined
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Riviera Isd operates 3 public schools serving 478 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Texas. The school portfolio breaks down into 1 high, 1 combined, 1 middle 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 Kleberg County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $17,245 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, in the upper half of 1207 Texas districts by per-pupil spending. See how Texas compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 48.5% local, 38.6% state, and 12.8% 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 72/100, ranked #158 of 1047 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 158.6:1 student-counselor ratio, that meets the ASCA-recommended benchmark, and 20.3% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 71.1% Hispanic or Latino, 26.4% White, 0.8% African American across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is De La Paz Middle, with a diversity index of 43.9/100.
Its largest campus is Kaufer H S, enrolling 181 students (43% of the district's total enrollment).
Kaufer H S accounts for 37.9% of all Riviera Isd student enrollment
That dominant concentration means Riviera Isd-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the largest entity. Grade band: high. The share measures enrollment concentration only; it does not establish how the district allocates programs, capital, or staff. Enrollment-weighted aggregates give this entity more weight than any smaller peer, while an unweighted entity average treats every record equally.
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.
Riviera Isd student-counselor ratio is 159:1 — well below typical (typically associated with unusually small scale or exceptionally high per-unit investment)
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 below typical often correlate with unusually small scale or population characteristics rather than higher resource budgets per se — worth checking whether the underlying denominator is itself an outlier.
Riviera Isd chronic absenteeism rate is 20.3% — 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 Riviera Isd is typically wider than the Riviera Isd-aggregate figure suggests.