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Edinburg, Texas - 5 schools
An equity score of 62/100 ranks Vanguard Academy #321 of 1044 districts in Texas (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $13,567 per pupil, Vanguard Academy ranks #477 of 1202 Texas districts by per-pupil spending (Texas districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
5,950
Total Enrollment
5
Schools
$13,567
Per-Pupil Spending
Combined
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Vanguard Academy operates 5 public schools serving 5,950 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Texas. The school portfolio breaks down into 5 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 Hidalgo County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $13,567 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 1.4% local, 69.5% state, and 29.0% 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 62/100, ranked #321 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.
Academic infrastructure includes 3 of 5 schools offering Advanced Placement (18 AP courses district-wide), a 627.6:1 student-counselor ratio, above both the ASCA benchmark and the roughly 408:1 national average, and 21.7% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 98.4% Hispanic or Latino, 1.3% White, 0.1% African American across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Vanguard Picasso, with a diversity index of 4.5/100.
Its largest campus is Vanguard Rembrandt, enrolling 1,978 students (30% of the district's total enrollment). Its smallest is Vanguard Picasso, at 572 students, a 3x enrollment spread across the district's campuses.
Vanguard Rembrandt accounts for 29.9% of all Vanguard Academy student enrollment
That dominant concentration means Vanguard Academy-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.
Vanguard Academy school enrollment varies 3.5× across entities
Vanguard Academy school enrollment ranges from 572 students (lowest) to 1,978 students (highest), a spread of 1,406 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.
Vanguard Academy has higher-than-average Title I eligibility — 74.8% 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). Eligibility here is approaching the 75% concentration-grant threshold; it does not yet unlock the extra funding tier but sits meaningfully above the baseline 50% majority mark. 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.
Vanguard Academy student-counselor ratio is 628:1 — 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.
Vanguard Academy chronic absenteeism rate is 21.7% — 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 Vanguard Academy is typically wider than the Vanguard Academy-aggregate figure suggests.
Vanguard Academy has 5 schools, including 5 combined. Total enrollment is 5,950 students.
How much does Vanguard Academy spend per student?
Vanguard Academy spends $13,567 per student. The district has an equity score of 62/100, ranking #321 in Texas.
What is the demographic composition of Vanguard Academy?
Vanguard Academy students are 98.4% Hispanic or Latino, 1.3% White, 0.1% African American, 0.1% Asian, averaged across 5 schools. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.
What is the equity score for Vanguard Academy?
Vanguard Academy has an equity score of 62/100, ranking #321 out of 1044 districts in Texas.