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Sterling City, Texas - 5 schools
An equity score of 59/100 ranks Sterling City Isd #379 of 1044 districts in Texas (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $16,418 per pupil, Sterling City Isd ranks #180 of 1202 Texas districts by per-pupil spending (Texas districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
351
Total Enrollment
5
Schools
$16,418
Per-Pupil Spending
Combined, Elementary
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Sterling City Isd operates 5 public schools serving 351 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 Sterling County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $16,418 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 89.7% local, 4.9% state, and 5.5% 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 59/100, ranked #379 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 173.5:1 student-counselor ratio, that meets the ASCA-recommended benchmark, and 22.5% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 64.5% White, 30.8% Hispanic or Latino, 2.3% African American across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Wall Special Programs, with a diversity index of 62.5/100.
Its largest campus is Sterling City School, enrolling 335 students (95% of the district's total enrollment). Its smallest is Sterling City/Veribest Special Programs, at 1 students, a 335x enrollment spread across the district's campuses.
Sterling City School accounts for 94.6% of all Sterling City Isd student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Sterling City Isd a distant remainder — means Sterling City Isd-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the dominant entity. Grade band: combined. 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.
Sterling City Isd school enrollment varies 335× across entities
Sterling City Isd school enrollment ranges from 1 students (lowest) to 335 students (highest), a spread of 334 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.
Sterling City Isd student-counselor ratio is 174:1 — low (typically associated with meeting or exceeding the American School Counselor Association (ASCA) recommended 250:1 benchmark, which correlates with stronger college and career counseling capacity)
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 Lower values often correlate with smaller scale and population characteristics rather than higher resource budgets per se.
Sterling City Isd chronic absenteeism rate is 22.5% — 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 Sterling City Isd is typically wider than the Sterling City Isd-aggregate figure suggests.
Sterling City Isd has 5 schools, including 2 combined, 1 elementary, 1 high, 1 middle. Total enrollment is 351 students.
How much does Sterling City Isd spend per student?
Sterling City Isd spends $16,418 per student. The district has an equity score of 59/100, ranking #379 in Texas.
What is the demographic composition of Sterling City Isd?
Sterling City Isd students are 64.5% White, 30.8% Hispanic or Latino, 2.3% African American, 0.1% Asian, averaged across 5 schools. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.
What is the equity score for Sterling City Isd?
Sterling City Isd has an equity score of 59/100, ranking #379 out of 1044 districts in Texas.