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Venus, Texas - 5 schools
An equity score of 50/100 ranks Venus Isd #518 of 1044 districts in Texas (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $11,696 per pupil, Venus Isd ranks #844 of 1202 Texas districts by per-pupil spending (Texas districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
2,319
Total Enrollment
5
Schools
$11,696
Per-Pupil Spending
Combined, Elementary
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Venus Isd operates 5 public schools serving 2,319 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Texas. The school portfolio breaks down into 3 combined, 1 elementary, 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 Johnson County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $11,696 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 26.2% local, 57.4% state, and 16.4% 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 50/100, ranked #518 of 1044 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 (2 AP courses district-wide), and 18.6% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 65.1% Hispanic or Latino, 24.1% White, 6.0% African American across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Venus El, with a diversity index of 52.4/100.
Its largest campus is Venus H S, enrolling 717 students (31% of the district's total enrollment). Its smallest is Juvenile Justice Alternative Ed Program/Venus, at 8 students, a 90x enrollment spread across the district's campuses.
Venus H S accounts for 30.9% of all Venus Isd student enrollment
That dominant concentration means Venus Isd-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.
Venus Isd school enrollment varies 90× across entities
Venus Isd school enrollment ranges from 8 students (lowest) to 717 students (highest), a spread of 709 students. That ratio is an extreme outlier spread — among the widest gaps observed anywhere in this dataset. Per-school staffing ratios, programme availability, and capital-renovation cycles often diverge inside the same district based on enrollment shape.
Venus Isd has higher-than-average Title I eligibility — 66.1% 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.
Venus Isd chronic absenteeism rate is 18.6% — 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 Venus Isd is typically wider than the Venus Isd-aggregate figure suggests.