An equity score of 74/100 ranks Runge Isd #136 of 1047 districts in Texas (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $18,683 per pupil, Runge Isd ranks #138 of 1207 Texas districts by per-pupil spending (Texas districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
208
Total Enrollment
3
Schools
$18,683
Per-Pupil Spending
Combined, High
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Runge Isd operates 3 public schools serving 208 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Texas. The school portfolio breaks down into 2 combined, 1 high 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 Karnes County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $18,683 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 75.4% local, 10.7% state, and 14.0% 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 74/100, ranked #136 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 162:1 student-counselor ratio, that meets the ASCA-recommended benchmark, and 42.6% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 91.7% Hispanic or Latino, 8.3% White across the district's schools.
Its largest campus is Runge El, enrolling 102 students (63% of the district's total enrollment). Its smallest is Nixon-Smiley Daep, at 1 students, a 102x enrollment spread across the district's campuses.
Runge El accounts for 49.0% of all Runge Isd student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Runge Isd a distant remainder — means Runge Isd-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the largest entity. Grade band: combined. 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.
Runge Isd school enrollment varies 102× across entities
Runge Isd school enrollment ranges from 1 students (lowest) to 102 students (highest), a spread of 101 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.
The reported share is at least 75%, indicating a high concentration of measured economic need. 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.
Runge Isd student-counselor ratio is 162:1 — 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.
Runge Isd chronic absenteeism rate is 42.6% — well above typical (typically associated with unusually large scale or acute resource constraints)
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 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.