An equity score of 11/100 ranks Tomball Isd #1022 of 1044 districts in Texas (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $9,471 per pupil, Tomball Isd ranks #1150 of 1202 Texas districts by per-pupil spending (Texas districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
21,426
Total Enrollment
21
Schools
$9,471
Per-Pupil Spending
Combined, Middle
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Tomball Isd operates 21 public schools serving 21,426 students, placing it in the mid-size range in Texas. The school portfolio breaks down into 11 combined, 4 middle, 3 high, 3 elementary schools, giving families a clear picture of grade-band coverage 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 Harris County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $9,471 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 67.8% local, 23.1% state, and 9.1% 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 11/100, ranked #1022 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 3 of 21 schools offering Advanced Placement (54 AP courses district-wide), a 667.5:1 student-counselor ratio, above both the ASCA benchmark and the roughly 408:1 national average, and 13.4% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 43.1% White, 35.6% Hispanic or Latino, 9.9% Asian across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Willow Creek El, with a diversity index of 71.5/100.
Its largest campus is Tomball H S, enrolling 3,227 students (15% of the district's total enrollment). Its smallest is Tomball Star Academy, at 402 students, a 8x enrollment spread across the district's campuses.
Tomball Isd school enrollment varies 8.0× across entities
Tomball Isd school enrollment ranges from 402 students (lowest) to 3,227 students (highest), a spread of 2,825 students. That spread sits on the wider side of typical variation and reflects typical mixed-portfolio variation between specialty programs and large neighbourhood schools. Per-school staffing ratios, programme availability, and capital-renovation cycles often diverge inside the same district based on enrollment shape.
Tomball Isd student-counselor ratio is 668:1: well above typical (strongly 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 Values this far above the benchmark warrant a closer look at the underlying sub-units rather than treating the aggregate as representative.
Tomball Isd chronic absenteeism rate is 13.4%: on the low side (typically associated with lower-than-average attendance disruption; districts in this range often have attendance interventions, robust transportation, or smaller catchments that reduce barriers)
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 Lower values often correlate with smaller scale and population characteristics rather than higher resource budgets per se.