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Tulia, Texas - 3 schools
An equity score of 87/100 ranks Tulia Isd #25 of 1044 districts in Texas (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $15,428 per pupil, Tulia Isd ranks #247 of 1202 Texas districts by per-pupil spending (Texas districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
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Total Enrollment
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Schools
$15,428
Per-Pupil Spending
Combined, High
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Tulia Isd operates 3 public schools serving 896 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Texas. The school portfolio breaks down into 1 combined, 1 high, 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 Swisher County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $15,428 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 20.8% local, 59.0% state, and 20.2% 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 87/100, ranked #25 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.
a 161.8:1 student-counselor ratio, that meets the ASCA-recommended benchmark, and 38.7% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 72.1% Hispanic or Latino, 18.5% White, 7.4% African American across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Tulia El, with a diversity index of 44.0/100.
Its largest campus is Tulia El, enrolling 364 students (45% of the district's total enrollment).
Tulia El accounts for 40.6% of all Tulia Isd student enrollment
That dominant concentration means Tulia 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.
Tulia Isd school enrollment varies 2.1× across entities
Tulia Isd school enrollment ranges from 170 students (lowest) to 364 students (highest), a spread of 194 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.
Tulia 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.
Tulia Isd student-counselor ratio is 162:1 — well below typical (typically associated with unusually small scale or exceptionally high per-unit investment)
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 below typical often correlate with unusually small scale or population characteristics rather than higher resource budgets per se — worth checking whether the underlying denominator is itself an outlier.
Tulia Isd chronic absenteeism rate is 38.7% — 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.