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San Antonio, Texas - 1 schools
At $29,252 per pupil, Royal Public Schools ranks #12 of 1202 Texas districts by per-pupil spending (Texas districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
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District-Level NCES Analysis
Royal Public Schools operates 1 public schools serving 192 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Texas. The school portfolio breaks down into 1 elementary 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 Bexar County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $29,252 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 49.7% local, 32.1% state, and 18.3% federal, a balanced mix across local, state, and federal sources, spreading budget risk across funding cycles rather than concentrating it in one.
and 12.6% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 86.6% Hispanic or Latino, 7.2% White, 3.2% African American across the district's schools.
Its largest campus is Royal Academy of Excellence, enrolling 469 students (100% of the district's total enrollment).
Royal Academy of Excellence accounts for 100.0% of all Royal Public Schools student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Royal Public Schools a distant remainder — means Royal Public Schools-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the dominant entity. Grade band: elementary. 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.
Royal Public Schools has higher-than-average Title I eligibility — 94.3% 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.
Royal Public Schools chronic absenteeism rate is 12.6% — low (typically associated with lower-than-average attendance disruption; districts in this range often have attendance interventions, robust transportation, or smaller catchments that reduce barriers)
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 Lower values often correlate with smaller scale and population characteristics rather than higher resource budgets per se.
Royal Public Schools has 1 school, including 1 elementary. Total enrollment is 192 students.
How much does Royal Public Schools spend per student?
Royal Public Schools spends $29,252 per student.
What is the demographic composition of Royal Public Schools?
Royal Public Schools students are 86.6% Hispanic or Latino, 7.2% White, 3.2% African American, averaged across 1 school. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.