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Roma, Texas - 10 schools
An equity score of 78/100 ranks Roma Isd #77 of 1044 districts in Texas (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $15,621 per pupil, Roma Isd ranks #228 of 1202 Texas districts by per-pupil spending (Texas districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
5,977
Total Enrollment
10
Schools
$15,621
Per-Pupil Spending
Combined, Middle
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Roma Isd operates 10 public schools serving 5,977 students, placing it among the smaller districts in Texas. The school portfolio breaks down into 7 combined, 2 middle, 1 high 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 Starr County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $15,621 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 13.9% local, 52.2% state, and 34.0% federal, a state-revenue-heavy mix that insulates the district somewhat from local property-tax volatility, though it ties funding to state budget cycles. The district's equity score is 78/100, ranked #77 of 1044 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.
Academic infrastructure includes 1 of 10 schools offering Advanced Placement (13 AP courses district-wide), a 358.6:1 student-counselor ratio, well above the ASCA benchmark though still under the roughly 408:1 national average, and 24.8% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 99.7% Hispanic or Latino, 0.2% White across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Roel a & Celia R Saenz El, with a diversity index of 1.6/100.
Its largest campus is Roma H S, enrolling 1,721 students (29% of the district's total enrollment). Its smallest is Instructional & Guidance Center, at 33 students, a 52x enrollment spread across the district's campuses.
Roma H S accounts for 28.6% of all Roma Isd student enrollment
That dominant concentration means Roma 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.
Roma Isd school enrollment varies 52× across entities
Roma Isd school enrollment ranges from 33 students (lowest) to 1,721 students (highest), a spread of 1,688 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.
Roma Isd has higher-than-average Title I eligibility — 87.7% 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.
Roma Isd student-counselor ratio is 359:1 — high (typically associated with staffing constraints that limit per-student counselor time; CRDC data shows higher ratios cluster in larger urban systems)
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 Higher values may reflect larger urban scale or recent resource constraints that have widened the gap.
Roma Isd chronic absenteeism rate is 24.8% — 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 Roma Isd is typically wider than the Roma Isd-aggregate figure suggests.