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Water Valley, Texas - 5 schools
An equity score of 65/100 ranks Water Valley Isd #282 of 1044 districts in Texas (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $14,491 per pupil, Water Valley Isd ranks #326 of 1202 Texas districts by per-pupil spending (Texas districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
343
Total Enrollment
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Schools
$14,491
Per-Pupil Spending
Combined, Elementary
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Water Valley Isd operates 5 public schools serving 343 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Texas. The school portfolio breaks down into 4 combined, 1 elementary 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 Tom Green County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $14,491 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 54.7% local, 37.7% state, and 7.6% 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 65/100, ranked #282 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.
a 77.3:1 student-counselor ratio, that meets the ASCA-recommended benchmark, and 42.0% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 64.9% White, 13.9% Hispanic or Latino, 10.3% African American across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Wall Special Programs, with a diversity index of 62.5/100.
Its largest campus is Water Valley School, enrolling 297 students (96% of the district's total enrollment). Its smallest is Fairview Special Programs, at 1 students, a 297x enrollment spread across the district's campuses.
Water Valley School accounts for 86.6% of all Water Valley Isd student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Water Valley Isd a distant remainder — means Water Valley 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.
Water Valley Isd school enrollment varies 297× across entities
Water Valley Isd school enrollment ranges from 1 students (lowest) to 297 students (highest), a spread of 296 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.
Water Valley Isd student-counselor ratio is 77:1 — well below typical (typically associated with unusually small scale or exceptionally high per-unit investment)
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 below typical often correlate with unusually small scale or population characteristics rather than higher resource budgets per se — worth checking whether the underlying denominator is itself an outlier.
Water Valley Isd chronic absenteeism rate is 42.0% — high (typically associated with higher-than-average disruption; recent CRDC data showed elevated rates persisting after pandemic-era schooling changes)
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 Higher values may reflect larger urban scale or recent resource constraints that have widened the gap.
Water Valley Isd has 5 schools, including 4 combined, 1 elementary. Total enrollment is 343 students.
How much does Water Valley Isd spend per student?
Water Valley Isd spends $14,491 per student. The district has an equity score of 65/100, ranking #282 in Texas.
What is the demographic composition of Water Valley Isd?
Water Valley Isd students are 64.9% White, 13.9% Hispanic or Latino, 10.3% African American, averaged across 5 schools. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.
What is the equity score for Water Valley Isd?
Water Valley Isd has an equity score of 65/100, ranking #282 out of 1044 districts in Texas.