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Abilene, Texas - 8 schools
An equity score of 12/100 ranks Wylie Isd #1023 of 1044 districts in Texas (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $8,931 per pupil, Wylie Isd ranks #1174 of 1202 Texas districts by per-pupil spending (Texas districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
5,419
Total Enrollment
8
Schools
$8,931
Per-Pupil Spending
Elementary, High
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Wylie Isd operates 8 public schools serving 5,419 students, placing it among the smaller districts in Texas. The school portfolio breaks down into 5 elementary, 1 high, 1 middle, 1 combined 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 Taylor County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $8,931 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 54.1% local, 35.5% state, and 10.4% 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 #1023 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 8 schools offering Advanced Placement (10 AP courses district-wide), a 507.2:1 student-counselor ratio, above both the ASCA benchmark and the roughly 408:1 national average, and 9.6% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 59.7% White, 24.7% Hispanic or Latino, 5.3% African American across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Wylie West Early Childhood Center, with a diversity index of 66.9/100.
Its largest campus is Wylie H S, enrolling 1,537 students (27% of the district's total enrollment). Its smallest is Wylie West Early Childhood Center, at 193 students, a 8x enrollment spread across the district's campuses.
Wylie H S accounts for 27.4% of all Wylie Isd student enrollment
That dominant concentration means Wylie 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.
Wylie Isd school enrollment varies 8.0× across entities
Wylie Isd school enrollment ranges from 193 students (lowest) to 1,537 students (highest), a spread of 1,344 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.
Wylie Isd student-counselor ratio is 507:1 — 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.
Wylie Isd chronic absenteeism rate is 9.6% — well below typical (typically associated with unusually small scale or exceptionally high per-unit investment)
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 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.