Texas Sch for the Deaf operates 1 public schools serving 473 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Texas. The school portfolio breaks down into 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 Travis County.
Academic infrastructure includes 1 of 1 schools offering Advanced Placement (1 AP courses district-wide), a 166.7:1 student-counselor ratio, that meets the ASCA-recommended benchmark, and 25.0% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 38.4% Hispanic or Latino, 37.4% White, 15.2% African American across the district's schools.
Its largest campus is Texas School for the Deaf, enrolling 500 students (100% of the district's total enrollment).
Texas School for the Deaf accounts for 100.0% of all Texas Sch for the Deaf student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Texas Sch for the Deaf a distant remainder — means Texas Sch for the Deaf-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. Because it contains a majority of the affected population, enrollment-weighted aggregates will sit closer to this entity's reported fields than to those of smaller peers; an unweighted entity count answers a different question.
Texas Sch for the Deaf reports 51.8% free-lunch eligibility
The reported share clears the 50% majority mark. 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.
Texas Sch for the Deaf student-counselor ratio is 167:1 — 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.
Texas Sch for the Deaf chronic absenteeism rate is 25.0% — 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 Texas Sch for the Deaf is typically wider than the Texas Sch for the Deaf-aggregate figure suggests.
Texas Sch for the Deaf has 1 school, including 1 combined. Total enrollment is 473 students.
What is the demographic composition of Texas Sch for the Deaf?
Texas Sch for the Deaf students are 38.4% Hispanic or Latino, 37.4% White, 15.2% African American, 5.0% Asian, averaged across 1 school. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.