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Stephenville, Texas - 6 schools
An equity score of 23/100 ranks Stephenville Isd #945 of 1044 districts in Texas (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $9,978 per pupil, Stephenville Isd ranks #1114 of 1202 Texas districts by per-pupil spending (Texas districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
3,730
Total Enrollment
6
Schools
$9,978
Per-Pupil Spending
Elementary, High
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Stephenville Isd operates 6 public schools serving 3,730 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Texas. The school portfolio breaks down into 3 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 Erath County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $9,978 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, among the bottom 121 of 1202 Texas districts by per-pupil spending. See how Texas compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 58.2% local, 28.7% state, and 13.0% 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 23/100, ranked #945 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 6 schools offering Advanced Placement (21 AP courses district-wide), a 360.4:1 student-counselor ratio, well above the ASCA benchmark though still under the roughly 408:1 national average, and 23.1% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 53.2% White, 39.5% Hispanic or Latino, 1.3% Asian across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Central El, with a diversity index of 58.9/100.
Its largest campus is Stephenville H S, enrolling 1,079 students (30% of the district's total enrollment).
Stephenville H S accounts for 28.9% of all Stephenville Isd student enrollment
That dominant concentration means Stephenville 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.
Stephenville Isd school enrollment varies 2.7× across entities
Stephenville Isd school enrollment ranges from 405 students (lowest) to 1,079 students (highest), a spread of 674 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.
Stephenville Isd student-counselor ratio is 360:1 — 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.
Stephenville Isd chronic absenteeism rate is 23.1% — 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 Stephenville Isd is typically wider than the Stephenville Isd-aggregate figure suggests.