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Silsbee, Texas - 4 schools
An equity score of 51/100 ranks Silsbee Isd #498 of 1044 districts in Texas (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $12,289 per pupil, Silsbee Isd ranks #720 of 1202 Texas districts by per-pupil spending (Texas districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
2,772
Total Enrollment
4
Schools
$12,289
Per-Pupil Spending
Elementary, High
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Silsbee Isd operates 4 public schools serving 2,772 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Texas. The school portfolio breaks down into 1 elementary, 1 high, 1 middle, 1 combined 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 Hardin County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $12,289 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 38.5% local, 46.1% state, and 15.4% 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 51/100, ranked #498 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 4 schools offering Advanced Placement (9 AP courses district-wide), a 328:1 student-counselor ratio, well above the ASCA benchmark though still under the roughly 408:1 national average, and 26.6% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 65.8% White, 17.7% African American, 9.4% Hispanic or Latino across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Edwards-Johnson Memorial Middle, with a diversity index of 53.8/100.
Its largest campus is Silsbee El, enrolling 921 students (36% of the district's total enrollment). Its smallest is Laura Reeves Pri, at 281 students, a 3x enrollment spread across the district's campuses.
Silsbee El accounts for 33.2% of all Silsbee Isd student enrollment
That dominant concentration means Silsbee Isd-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.
Silsbee Isd school enrollment varies 3.3× across entities
Silsbee Isd school enrollment ranges from 281 students (lowest) to 921 students (highest), a spread of 640 students. That relatively narrow ratio reflects an unusually homogeneous campus portfolio, most districts have a wider mix of school sizes. Per-school staffing ratios, programme availability, and capital-renovation cycles often diverge inside the same district based on enrollment shape.
Silsbee Isd has higher-than-average Title I eligibility — 63.4% 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 approaching the 75% concentration-grant threshold; it does not yet unlock the extra funding tier but sits meaningfully above the baseline 50% majority mark. 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.
Silsbee Isd student-counselor ratio is 328:1 — 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 Silsbee Isd is typically wider than the Silsbee Isd-aggregate figure suggests.
Silsbee Isd chronic absenteeism rate is 26.6% — 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 Silsbee Isd is typically wider than the Silsbee Isd-aggregate figure suggests.