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Trenton, Texas - 3 schools
An equity score of 24/100 ranks Trenton Isd #932 of 1044 districts in Texas (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $10,574 per pupil, Trenton Isd ranks #1039 of 1202 Texas districts by per-pupil spending (Texas districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
699
Total Enrollment
3
Schools
$10,574
Per-Pupil Spending
Combined, Elementary
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Trenton Isd operates 3 public schools serving 699 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Texas. The school portfolio breaks down into 1 combined, 1 elementary, 1 high 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 Fannin County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $10,574 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, in the lower half of 1202 Texas districts by per-pupil spending. See how Texas compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 38.8% local, 52.2% state, and 9.0% 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 24/100, ranked #932 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 1 of 3 schools offering Advanced Placement (3 AP courses district-wide), a 237.3:1 student-counselor ratio, that meets the ASCA-recommended benchmark, and 25.4% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 60.2% White, 32.7% Hispanic or Latino, 2.7% African American across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Trenton El, with a diversity index of 54.3/100.
Its largest campus is Trenton El, enrolling 276 students (39% of the district's total enrollment).
Trenton El accounts for 38.8% of all Trenton Isd student enrollment
That dominant concentration means Trenton 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.
Trenton Isd student-counselor ratio is 237:1 — 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.
Trenton Isd chronic absenteeism rate is 25.4% — 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 Trenton Isd is typically wider than the Trenton Isd-aggregate figure suggests.