At $16,773 per pupil, Utopia Isd ranks #207 of 1207 Texas districts by per-pupil spending (Texas districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
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District-Level NCES Analysis
Utopia Isd operates 1 public schools serving 194 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Texas. The school portfolio breaks down into 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 Uvalde County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $16,773 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 63.3% local, 18.5% state, and 18.3% federal, a local-revenue-heavy mix that leaves the district more exposed to property-tax swings and local ballot measures than state-funded peers.
a 261.3:1 student-counselor ratio, somewhat above the 250:1 ASCA recommendation, and 24.0% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 77.0% White, 21.4% Hispanic or Latino across the district's schools.
Its largest campus is Utopia School, enrolling 196 students (100% of the district's total enrollment).
Enrollment across the district's NCES-reporting campuses grew 3.6% between 2022-23 and 2023-24 (194 to 201 students), while the student-teacher ratio widened by 1.7 students per teacher, per the NCES Common Core of Data annual universe files.
Of the district's $3,625,000 in reported FY2023 expenditures, 46.4% went to instruction, 38% to support services, and 5.1% to capital outlay, support-services-heavy relative to typical districts, reflecting spending on transportation, administration, or student services. Figures come from the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey's function-level breakdown, not the aggregate per-pupil figure above.
Utopia School accounts for 100.0% of all Utopia Isd student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Utopia Isd a distant remainder — means Utopia Isd-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the largest entity. Grade band: combined. The share measures enrollment concentration only; it does not establish how the district allocates programs, capital, or staff. Because it contains a majority of the affected population, enrollment-weighted aggregates will sit closer to this entity's reported fields than to those of smaller peers; an unweighted entity count answers a different question.
Utopia Isd student-counselor ratio is 261:1 — 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 Utopia Isd is typically wider than the Utopia Isd-aggregate figure suggests.
Utopia 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 Utopia Isd is typically wider than the Utopia Isd-aggregate figure suggests.