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Texas City, Texas - 14 schools
An equity score of 55/100 ranks Texas City Isd #428 of 1044 districts in Texas (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $14,015 per pupil, Texas City Isd ranks #401 of 1202 Texas districts by per-pupil spending (Texas districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
7,890
Total Enrollment
14
Schools
$14,015
Per-Pupil Spending
Elementary, Combined
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Texas City Isd operates 14 public schools serving 7,890 students, placing it among the smaller districts in Texas. The school portfolio breaks down into 7 elementary, 5 combined, 2 middle schools, a compact enough portfolio that families can compare every campus directly before they move, rent, or enrol. These enrollment and school figures come from the NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) 2024-25 release, and the district is based in Galveston County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $14,015 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 55.5% local, 28.4% state, and 16.1% 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 55/100, ranked #428 of 1044 in Texas against a state average of 50, in line with the typical spread seen across the state for how evenly funding reaches its schools.
Academic infrastructure includes 2 of 14 schools offering Advanced Placement (18 AP courses district-wide), a 402:1 student-counselor ratio, well above the ASCA benchmark though still under the roughly 408:1 national average, and 36.2% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 45.6% Hispanic or Latino, 33.0% African American, 16.0% White across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Woodrow Wilson Daep, with a diversity index of 66.9/100.
Its largest campus is Texas City H S, enrolling 1,689 students (22% of the district's total enrollment). Its smallest is Coastal Alternative Program (Cap), at 4 students, a 422x enrollment spread across the district's campuses.
Texas City H S accounts for 21.4% of all Texas City Isd student enrollment
That concentration means Texas 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.
Texas City Isd school enrollment varies 422× across entities
Texas City Isd school enrollment ranges from 4 students (lowest) to 1,689 students (highest), a spread of 1,685 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.
Texas City Isd has higher-than-average Title I eligibility — 81.6% 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). Areas above 75% eligibility — including this one — receive concentration grants on top of the basic Title I formula. 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.
Texas City Isd student-counselor ratio is 402:1 — 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.
Texas City Isd chronic absenteeism rate is 36.2% — 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.
Texas City Isd has 14 schools, including 5 combined, 2 middle, 7 elementary. Total enrollment is 7,890 students.
How much does Texas City Isd spend per student?
Texas City Isd spends $14,015 per student. The district has an equity score of 55/100, ranking #428 in Texas.
What is the demographic composition of Texas City Isd?
Texas City Isd students are 45.6% Hispanic or Latino, 33.0% African American, 16.0% White, 0.3% Asian, averaged across 14 schools. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.
What is the equity score for Texas City Isd?
Texas City Isd has an equity score of 55/100, ranking #428 out of 1044 districts in Texas.