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Rockwall, Texas - 22 schools
An equity score of 7/100 ranks Rockwall Isd #1040 of 1044 districts in Texas (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $9,580 per pupil, Rockwall Isd ranks #1147 of 1202 Texas districts by per-pupil spending (Texas districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
18,384
Total Enrollment
22
Schools
$9,580
Per-Pupil Spending
Combined, Middle
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Rockwall Isd operates 22 public schools serving 18,384 students, placing it in the mid-size range in Texas. The school portfolio breaks down into 17 combined, 3 middle, 2 high schools, giving families a clear picture of grade-band coverage 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 Rockwall County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $9,580 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 70.2% local, 19.2% state, and 10.6% federal, a local-revenue-heavy mix that leaves the district more exposed to property-tax swings and local ballot measures than state-funded peers. The district's equity score is 7/100, ranked #1040 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 2 of 22 schools offering Advanced Placement (51 AP courses district-wide), a 548.2:1 student-counselor ratio, above both the ASCA benchmark and the roughly 408:1 national average, and 18.3% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 50.1% White, 26.6% Hispanic or Latino, 13.3% African American across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Doris Cullins-Lake Pointe El, with a diversity index of 72.3/100.
Its largest campus is Rockwall-Heath H S, enrolling 3,072 students (16% of the district's total enrollment). Its smallest is Rockwall Quest Academy, at 61 students, a 50x enrollment spread across the district's campuses.
Rockwall-Heath H S accounts for 16.0% of all Rockwall Isd student enrollment
That concentration means Rockwall 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.
Rockwall Isd school enrollment varies 50× across entities
Rockwall Isd school enrollment ranges from 61 students (lowest) to 3,072 students (highest), a spread of 3,011 students. That ratio is among the widest observed and reflects extreme enrollment heterogeneity, the district operates both small specialty programs and large comprehensive campuses inside a single budgeting unit. Per-school staffing ratios, programme availability, and capital-renovation cycles often diverge inside the same district based on enrollment shape.
Rockwall Isd student-counselor ratio is 548:1 — 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.
Rockwall Isd chronic absenteeism rate is 18.3% — 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 Rockwall Isd is typically wider than the Rockwall Isd-aggregate figure suggests.