An equity score of 50/100 ranks Tuloso-Midway Isd #524 of 1047 districts in Texas (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $13,700 per pupil, Tuloso-Midway Isd ranks #564 of 1207 Texas districts by per-pupil spending (Texas districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
3,655
Total Enrollment
5
Schools
$13,700
Per-Pupil Spending
High, Elementary
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Tuloso-Midway Isd operates 5 public schools serving 3,655 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Texas. The school portfolio breaks down into 2 high, 1 elementary, 1 middle, 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 Nueces County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $13,700 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, in the upper half of 1207 Texas districts by per-pupil spending. See how Texas compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 70.4% local, 13.0% state, and 16.6% 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 50/100, ranked #524 of 1047 in Texas against a state average of 50, in line with the typical spread seen across the state for how evenly funding reaches its schools.
Academic infrastructure includes 1 of 5 schools offering Advanced Placement (13 AP courses district-wide), a 289.5:1 student-counselor ratio, somewhat above the 250:1 ASCA recommendation, and 40.8% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 83.7% Hispanic or Latino, 14.3% White, 0.7% African American across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Tuloso-Midway Middle, with a diversity index of 31.6/100.
Its largest campus is Tuloso-Midway H S, enrolling 1,079 students (29% of the district's total enrollment). Its smallest is Tuloso-Midway Academic Career Center, at 32 students, a 34x enrollment spread across the district's campuses.
Tuloso-Midway H S accounts for 29.4% of all Tuloso-Midway Isd student enrollment
That dominant concentration means Tuloso-Midway Isd-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the largest entity. Grade band: high. The share measures enrollment concentration only; it does not establish how the district allocates programs, capital, or staff. Enrollment-weighted aggregates give this entity more weight than any smaller peer, while an unweighted entity average treats every record equally.
Tuloso-Midway Isd school enrollment varies 34× across entities
Tuloso-Midway Isd school enrollment ranges from 32 students (lowest) to 1,079 students (highest), a spread of 1,047 students. That ratio is among the widest observed and reflects extreme enrollment heterogeneity, the district operates both small specialty programs and large comprehensive campuses inside a single budgeting unit. Per-school staffing ratios, programme availability, and capital-renovation cycles often diverge inside the same district based on enrollment shape.
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.
Tuloso-Midway Isd student-counselor ratio is 290:1 — near the typical range (US average ~408) — within the typical range for U.S. public districts
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 Variation between sub-units within Tuloso-Midway Isd is typically wider than the Tuloso-Midway Isd-aggregate figure suggests.
Tuloso-Midway Isd chronic absenteeism rate is 40.8% — 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.