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Tornillo, Texas - 4 schools
An equity score of 79/100 ranks Tornillo Isd #73 of 1044 districts in Texas (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $17,792 per pupil, Tornillo Isd ranks #116 of 1202 Texas districts by per-pupil spending (Texas districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
829
Total Enrollment
4
Schools
$17,792
Per-Pupil Spending
Elementary, High
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Tornillo Isd operates 4 public schools serving 829 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Texas. The school portfolio breaks down into 1 elementary, 1 high, 1 combined, 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 El Paso County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $17,792 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, among the top 121 of 1202 Texas districts by per-pupil spending. See how Texas compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 8.9% local, 65.2% state, and 25.9% federal, a state-revenue-heavy mix that insulates the district somewhat from local property-tax volatility, though it ties funding to state budget cycles. The district's equity score is 79/100, ranked #73 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.
Academic infrastructure includes 1 of 4 schools offering Advanced Placement (2 AP courses district-wide), a 228.8:1 student-counselor ratio, that meets the ASCA-recommended benchmark, and 15.0% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 99.8% Hispanic or Latino, 0.2% White across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Tornillo J H, with a diversity index of 1.4/100.
Its largest campus is Tornillo Int, enrolling 335 students (37% of the district's total enrollment).
Tornillo Int accounts for 36.6% of all Tornillo Isd student enrollment
That dominant concentration means Tornillo Isd-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the dominant entity. Grade band: elementary. 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.
Tornillo Isd school enrollment varies 2.2× across entities
Tornillo Isd school enrollment ranges from 150 students (lowest) to 335 students (highest), a spread of 185 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.
Tornillo Isd has higher-than-average Title I eligibility — 91.6% 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). Eligibility here is a supermajority of the population — well past the 75% concentration-grant threshold that unlocks extra funding 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.
Tornillo Isd student-counselor ratio is 229:1 — 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.
Tornillo Isd chronic absenteeism rate is 15.0% — 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 Tornillo Isd is typically wider than the Tornillo Isd-aggregate figure suggests.