An equity score of 75/100 ranks Taft Isd #113 of 1047 districts in Texas (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $18,974 per pupil, Taft Isd ranks #125 of 1207 Texas districts by per-pupil spending (Texas districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
822
Total Enrollment
3
Schools
$18,974
Per-Pupil Spending
Combined, High
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Taft Isd operates 3 public schools serving 822 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Texas. The school portfolio breaks down into 1 combined, 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 San Patricio County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $18,974 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, in the upper half of 1207 Texas districts by per-pupil spending. See how Texas compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 47.1% local, 31.5% state, and 21.4% 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 75/100, ranked #113 of 1047 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.
Academic infrastructure includes 1 of 3 schools offering Advanced Placement (4 AP courses district-wide), a 205.7:1 student-counselor ratio, that meets the ASCA-recommended benchmark, and 43.7% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 85.1% Hispanic or Latino, 13.4% White, 0.6% African American across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Woodroe Petty El, with a diversity index of 33.9/100.
Its largest campus is Woodroe Petty El, enrolling 390 students (48% of the district's total enrollment).
Woodroe Petty El accounts for 47.4% of all Taft Isd student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Taft Isd a distant remainder — means Taft Isd-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the largest entity. Grade band: combined. The share measures enrollment concentration only; it does not establish how the district allocates programs, capital, or staff. Enrollment-weighted aggregates give this entity more weight than any smaller peer, while an unweighted entity average treats every record equally.
Taft Isd school enrollment varies 2.3× across entities
Taft Isd school enrollment ranges from 173 students (lowest) to 390 students (highest), a spread of 217 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.
The reported share is at least 75%, indicating a high concentration of measured economic need. Title I operates under the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA, 2015), but its statutory allocation uses additional LEA-level counts and rules not represented by this average. This percentage is an economic-need context measure; it does not establish a Title I award, show dollars received, or describe how funds are distributed among campuses.
Taft Isd student-counselor ratio is 206:1 — 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.
Taft Isd chronic absenteeism rate is 43.7% — well above typical (typically associated with unusually large scale or acute resource constraints)
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 Values this far above typical often signal acute resource constraints or a structurally different scale than most peers — worth reading alongside the underlying counts, not the ratio alone.