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Tyler, Texas - 25 schools
An equity score of 31/100 ranks Tyler Isd #826 of 1044 districts in Texas (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $11,241 per pupil, Tyler Isd ranks #927 of 1202 Texas districts by per-pupil spending (Texas districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
18,328
Total Enrollment
25
Schools
$11,241
Per-Pupil Spending
Combined, High
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Tyler Isd operates 25 public schools serving 18,328 students, placing it in the mid-size range in Texas. The school portfolio breaks down into 16 combined, 4 high, 4 middle, 1 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 Smith County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $11,241 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 51.8% local, 24.5% state, and 23.7% 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 31/100, ranked #826 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 25 schools offering Advanced Placement (42 AP courses district-wide), a 506.3:1 student-counselor ratio, above both the ASCA benchmark and the roughly 408:1 national average, and 24.0% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 49.8% Hispanic or Latino, 25.4% African American, 19.4% White across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Clarkston El, with a diversity index of 71.9/100.
Its largest campus is Tyler Legacy H S, enrolling 2,770 students (15% of the district's total enrollment). Its smallest is Alvin V Anderson Rise Academy, at 83 students, a 33x enrollment spread across the district's campuses.
Tyler Legacy H S accounts for 15.0% of all Tyler Isd student enrollment
That concentration means Tyler Isd-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the dominant entity. Grade band: high. 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.
Tyler Isd school enrollment varies 33× across entities
Tyler Isd school enrollment ranges from 83 students (lowest) to 2,770 students (highest), a spread of 2,687 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.
Tyler Isd has higher-than-average Title I eligibility — 76.3% 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.
Tyler Isd student-counselor ratio is 506:1 — well above typical (typically associated with unusually large scale or acute resource constraints)
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 typical often signal acute resource constraints or a structurally different scale than most peers — worth reading alongside the underlying counts, not the ratio alone.
Tyler Isd chronic absenteeism rate is 24.0% — 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 Tyler Isd is typically wider than the Tyler Isd-aggregate figure suggests.