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Stafford, Texas - 5 schools
An equity score of 38/100 ranks Stafford Msd #718 of 1044 districts in Texas (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $12,699 per pupil, Stafford Msd ranks #634 of 1202 Texas districts by per-pupil spending (Texas districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
3,641
Total Enrollment
5
Schools
$12,699
Per-Pupil Spending
Combined, High
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Stafford Msd operates 5 public schools serving 3,641 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Texas. The school portfolio breaks down into 2 combined, 1 high, 1 elementary, 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 Fort Bend County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $12,699 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 77.3% local, 8.5% state, and 14.3% 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 38/100, ranked #718 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.
a 370.6:1 student-counselor ratio, well above the ASCA benchmark though still under the roughly 408:1 national average, and 19.3% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 41.7% Hispanic or Latino, 40.7% African American, 11.3% Asian across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Stafford Stem Magnet Academy, with a diversity index of 70.5/100.
Its largest campus is Stafford H S, enrolling 1,108 students (32% of the district's total enrollment). Its smallest is Stafford Stem Magnet Academy, at 345 students, a 3x enrollment spread across the district's campuses.
Stafford H S accounts for 30.4% of all Stafford Msd student enrollment
That dominant concentration means Stafford Msd-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.
Stafford Msd school enrollment varies 3.2× across entities
Stafford Msd school enrollment ranges from 345 students (lowest) to 1,108 students (highest), a spread of 763 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.
Stafford Msd has higher-than-average Title I eligibility — 68.7% 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). 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.
Stafford Msd student-counselor ratio is 371:1 — high (typically associated with staffing constraints that limit per-student counselor time; CRDC data shows higher ratios cluster in larger urban systems)
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 Higher values may reflect larger urban scale or recent resource constraints that have widened the gap.
Stafford Msd chronic absenteeism rate is 19.3% — 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 Stafford Msd is typically wider than the Stafford Msd-aggregate figure suggests.