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Wylie, Texas - 21 schools
An equity score of 20/100 ranks Wylie Isd #965 of 1044 districts in Texas (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $10,913 per pupil, Wylie Isd ranks #990 of 1202 Texas districts by per-pupil spending (Texas districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
18,850
Total Enrollment
21
Schools
$10,913
Per-Pupil Spending
Combined, High
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Wylie Isd operates 21 public schools serving 18,850 students, placing it in the mid-size range in Texas. The school portfolio breaks down into 12 combined, 3 high, 3 elementary, 3 middle schools, giving families a clear picture of grade-band coverage 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 Collin County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $10,913 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 51.0% local, 38.7% state, and 10.3% 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 20/100, ranked #965 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 2 of 21 schools offering Advanced Placement (34 AP courses district-wide), a 540.6:1 student-counselor ratio, above both the ASCA benchmark and the roughly 408:1 national average, and 12.6% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 38.0% White, 20.3% Hispanic or Latino, 18.6% African American across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is R F Hartman El, with a diversity index of 76.3/100.
Its largest campus is Wylie H S, enrolling 3,189 students (16% of the district's total enrollment). Its smallest is Collin Co J J a E P, at 3 students, a 1063x enrollment spread across the district's campuses.
Wylie H S accounts for 16.4% of all Wylie Isd student enrollment
That 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 1063× across entities
Wylie Isd school enrollment ranges from 3 students (lowest) to 3,189 students (highest), a spread of 3,186 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.
Wylie Isd student-counselor ratio is 541:1 — 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 12.6% — low (typically associated with lower-than-average attendance disruption; districts in this range often have attendance interventions, robust transportation, or smaller catchments that reduce barriers)
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 Lower values often correlate with smaller scale and population characteristics rather than higher resource budgets per se.