An equity score of 60/100 ranks Valley View Isd #344 of 1047 districts in Texas (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $13,773 per pupil, Valley View Isd ranks #551 of 1207 Texas districts by per-pupil spending (Texas districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
3,739
Total Enrollment
7
Schools
$13,773
Per-Pupil Spending
Combined, High
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Valley View Isd operates 7 public schools serving 3,739 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Texas. The school portfolio breaks down into 5 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 Hidalgo County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $13,773 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 16.5% local, 55.7% state, and 27.8% 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 60/100, ranked #344 of 1047 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.
Academic infrastructure includes 1 of 7 schools offering Advanced Placement (10 AP courses district-wide), a 352.3:1 student-counselor ratio, well above the ASCA benchmark though still under the roughly 408:1 national average, and 29.6% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 99.7% Hispanic or Latino, 0.3% White across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Wilbur E Lucas El, with a diversity index of 1.2/100.
Its largest campus is Valley View H S, enrolling 1,227 students (31% of the district's total enrollment). Its smallest is Valley View South El, at 353 students, a 3x enrollment spread across the district's campuses.
Valley View H S accounts for 30.9% of all Valley View Isd student enrollment
That dominant concentration means Valley View 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.
Valley View Isd school enrollment varies 3.5× across entities
Valley View Isd school enrollment ranges from 353 students (lowest) to 1,227 students (highest), a spread of 874 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.
Valley View Isd reports 90.6% free-lunch eligibility
The reported share is above 87.5%, so economic need is widespread across the measured student population. 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.
Valley View Isd student-counselor ratio is 352:1 — high (typically associated with staffing constraints that limit per-student counselor time; CRDC data shows higher ratios cluster in larger urban systems)
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 Higher values may reflect larger urban scale or recent resource constraints that have widened the gap.
Valley View Isd chronic absenteeism rate is 29.6% — 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 Valley View Isd is typically wider than the Valley View Isd-aggregate figure suggests.