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Slaton, Texas - 5 schools
An equity score of 82/100 ranks Slaton Isd #47 of 1044 districts in Texas (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $15,713 per pupil, Slaton Isd ranks #221 of 1202 Texas districts by per-pupil spending (Texas districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
1,268
Total Enrollment
5
Schools
$15,713
Per-Pupil Spending
Combined, Elementary
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Slaton Isd operates 5 public schools serving 1,268 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Texas. The school portfolio breaks down into 2 combined, 1 elementary, 1 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 Lubbock County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $15,713 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 28.8% local, 43.0% state, and 28.2% 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 82/100, ranked #47 of 1044 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 348.3:1 student-counselor ratio, well above the ASCA benchmark though still under the roughly 408:1 national average, and 34.5% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 61.2% Hispanic or Latino, 32.9% White, 3.6% African American across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Slaton J H, with a diversity index of 54.9/100.
Its largest campus is Cathelene Thomas El, enrolling 435 students (34% of the district's total enrollment). Its smallest is Slaton Isd Daep, at 8 students, a 54x enrollment spread across the district's campuses.
Cathelene Thomas El accounts for 34.2% of all Slaton Isd student enrollment
That dominant concentration means Slaton 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.
Slaton Isd school enrollment varies 54× across entities
Slaton Isd school enrollment ranges from 8 students (lowest) to 435 students (highest), a spread of 427 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.
Slaton Isd has higher-than-average Title I eligibility — 70.9% 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.
Slaton Isd student-counselor ratio is 348:1 — 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 Slaton Isd is typically wider than the Slaton Isd-aggregate figure suggests.
Slaton Isd chronic absenteeism rate is 34.5% — 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.