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Willis, Texas - 12 schools
An equity score of 12/100 ranks Willis Isd #1022 of 1044 districts in Texas (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $9,590 per pupil, Willis Isd ranks #1145 of 1202 Texas districts by per-pupil spending (Texas districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
8,793
Total Enrollment
12
Schools
$9,590
Per-Pupil Spending
Elementary, Combined
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Willis Isd operates 12 public schools serving 8,793 students, placing it among the smaller districts in Texas. The school portfolio breaks down into 6 elementary, 3 combined, 2 middle, 1 high schools, a compact enough portfolio that families can compare every campus directly before they move, rent, or enrol. These enrollment and school figures come from the NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) 2024-25 release, and the district is based in Montgomery County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $9,590 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, among the bottom 121 of 1202 Texas districts by per-pupil spending. See how Texas compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 59.5% local, 29.8% state, and 10.7% 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 12/100, ranked #1022 of 1044 in Texas against a state average of 50, notably less even than the typical district in the state for how evenly funding reaches its schools.
Academic infrastructure includes 1 of 12 schools offering Advanced Placement (11 AP courses district-wide), a 555.9:1 student-counselor ratio, above both the ASCA benchmark and the roughly 408:1 national average, and 26.6% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 44.3% Hispanic or Latino, 41.8% White, 9.4% African American across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Turner El, with a diversity index of 66.1/100.
Its largest campus is Willis H S, enrolling 2,809 students (30% of the district's total enrollment). Its smallest is Jjaep, at 2 students, a 1405x enrollment spread across the district's campuses.
Willis H S accounts for 30.2% of all Willis Isd student enrollment
That dominant concentration means Willis Isd-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the dominant entity. Grade band: high. 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.
Willis Isd school enrollment varies 1405× across entities
Willis Isd school enrollment ranges from 2 students (lowest) to 2,809 students (highest), a spread of 2,807 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.
Willis Isd has higher-than-average Title I eligibility — 60.6% 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). Areas above 75% eligibility receive concentration grants on top of the basic Title I formula. 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.
Willis Isd student-counselor ratio is 556:1 — 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.
Willis Isd chronic absenteeism rate is 26.6% — 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 Willis Isd is typically wider than the Willis Isd-aggregate figure suggests.