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Santa Fe, Texas - 7 schools
An equity score of 35/100 ranks Santa Fe Isd #766 of 1044 districts in Texas (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $12,655 per pupil, Santa Fe Isd ranks #646 of 1202 Texas districts by per-pupil spending (Texas districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
4,343
Total Enrollment
7
Schools
$12,655
Per-Pupil Spending
Combined, High
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Santa Fe Isd operates 7 public schools serving 4,343 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Texas. The school portfolio breaks down into 4 combined, 2 high, 1 middle 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 Galveston County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $12,655 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, in the lower half of 1202 Texas districts by per-pupil spending. See how Texas compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 48.5% local, 31.9% state, and 19.6% 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 35/100, ranked #766 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 1 of 7 schools offering Advanced Placement (16 AP courses district-wide), a 527.1:1 student-counselor ratio, above both the ASCA benchmark and the roughly 408:1 national average, and 31.2% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 75.6% White, 21.2% Hispanic or Latino, 0.8% African American across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is William F Barnett El, with a diversity index of 50.4/100.
Its largest campus is Santa Fe H S, enrolling 1,314 students (30% of the district's total enrollment). Its smallest is Galveston Co J J a E P, at 1 students, a 1314x enrollment spread across the district's campuses.
Santa Fe H S accounts for 30.3% of all Santa Fe Isd student enrollment
That dominant concentration means Santa Fe 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.
Santa Fe Isd school enrollment varies 1314× across entities
Santa Fe Isd school enrollment ranges from 1 students (lowest) to 1,314 students (highest), a spread of 1,313 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.
Santa Fe Isd has higher-than-average Title I eligibility — 50.7% 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). Areas above 75% eligibility receive concentration grants 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.
Santa Fe Isd student-counselor ratio is 527:1 — 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.
Santa Fe Isd chronic absenteeism rate is 31.2% — high (typically associated with higher-than-average disruption; recent CRDC data showed elevated rates persisting after pandemic-era schooling changes)
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 Higher values may reflect larger urban scale or recent resource constraints that have widened the gap.
Santa Fe Isd has 7 schools, including 2 high, 1 middle, 4 combined. Total enrollment is 4,343 students.
How much does Santa Fe Isd spend per student?
Santa Fe Isd spends $12,655 per student. The district has an equity score of 35/100, ranking #766 in Texas.
What is the demographic composition of Santa Fe Isd?
Santa Fe Isd students are 75.6% White, 21.2% Hispanic or Latino, 0.8% African American, 0.4% Asian, averaged across 7 schools. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.
What is the equity score for Santa Fe Isd?
Santa Fe Isd has an equity score of 35/100, ranking #766 out of 1044 districts in Texas.