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Sanger, Texas - 7 schools
An equity score of 44/100 ranks Sanger Isd #625 of 1044 districts in Texas (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $13,793 per pupil, Sanger Isd ranks #438 of 1202 Texas districts by per-pupil spending (Texas districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
2,801
Total Enrollment
7
Schools
$13,793
Per-Pupil Spending
High, Combined
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Sanger Isd operates 7 public schools serving 2,801 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Texas. The school portfolio breaks down into 2 high, 2 combined, 2 middle, 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 Denton County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $13,793 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 49.8% local, 36.6% state, and 13.6% 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 44/100, ranked #625 of 1044 in Texas against a state average of 50, in line with the typical spread seen across the state for how evenly funding reaches its schools.
Academic infrastructure includes 1 of 7 schools offering Advanced Placement (11 AP courses district-wide), a 305.6:1 student-counselor ratio, somewhat above the 250:1 ASCA recommendation, and 17.2% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 59.2% White, 32.5% Hispanic or Latino, 3.3% African American across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Sanger Middle, with a diversity index of 57.4/100.
Its largest campus is Sanger H S, enrolling 827 students (29% of the district's total enrollment). Its smallest is Linda Tutt H S, at 21 students, a 39x enrollment spread across the district's campuses.
Sanger H S accounts for 28.7% of all Sanger Isd student enrollment
That dominant concentration means Sanger 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.
Sanger Isd school enrollment varies 39× across entities
Sanger Isd school enrollment ranges from 21 students (lowest) to 827 students (highest), a spread of 806 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.
Sanger Isd student-counselor ratio is 306:1 — near the typical range (US average ~408) — within the typical range for U.S. public districts
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 Variation between sub-units within Sanger Isd is typically wider than the Sanger Isd-aggregate figure suggests.
Sanger Isd chronic absenteeism rate is 17.2% — 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 Sanger Isd is typically wider than the Sanger Isd-aggregate figure suggests.