Enrollment
116
Texas · 2024-25 NCES data
Other / mixed grade configuration · Cranfills Gap, TX
Cranfills Gap School
Federal NCES profile for Cranfills Gap School, including enrollment, faculty, free-lunch eligibility, demographics, and resource indicators - Resource Investment Index 59/100.
2024-25 NCES dataOther / mixed grade configurationNCES 481557001129
👥 S:T ratio 71
🌟 Gifted program 30
🎓 Counselors 77
📋 Attendance 59
Scored 0–100 from federal NCES and CRDC indicators, resource allocation, not test scores. Full methodology →
The verdict
Cranfills Gap School earns 59/100 on the Resource Investment Index, with class sizes smaller than 97% of Texas schools.
- 59
- Resource Index · Higher
- 7.3:1
- small classes for Texas
- 60.3%
- free-lunch eligible
- 116
- students enrolled
Cranfills Gap School has class sizes smaller than 97% of Texas schools. Computed live against every Texas school reporting to NCES.
School address
District: Cranfills Gap Isd · Texas
NCES ID 481557001129 Verify on NCES CCD record →
Teachers (FTE)
16.0
Federal CCD staff survey
Students per teacher
7.3:1
vs 14.7:1 Texas avg
-50% vs state
Free-lunch eligible
60.3%
vs 61.9% Texas avg
-3% vs state
Student-teacher ratio in context
How Cranfills Gap School compares with Texas and U.S. medians
What stands out at Cranfills Gap School
Cranfills Gap School is a higher-need, small combined-grade school in Cranfills Gap, Texas, enrolling 116 students.
Classes run notably small here: at 7.3:1, Cranfills Gap School is leaner than roughly 97% of Texas schools and 50% under the state's 14.7:1 norm, more adult attention per pupil than most peers.
Its free-meal eligibility rate of 60.3% lands close to the Texas typical range, neither a high- nor low-need campus by this measure.
This is a small campus: fewer students than 91% of Texas schools, with 116 enrolled.
Its Resource Investment Index outscores 90% of the 8,960 Texas schools with a score on record, a top-tier result on this measure.
Against 250 statewide peers matched on enrollment and economic need, it ranks in the upper tier at #102.
Its student body is led by White (61%) and Hispanic or Latino (35%) (diversity index 50/100).
Counselor coverage is strong, about 116 students per counselor, inside the American School Counselor Association's recommended 250:1.
16.4% of students were chronically absent in the 2021-22 collection, in line with the post-pandemic national range.
The surrounding Cranfills Gap Isd spends $17,545 per pupil, 29% above the Texas average, a better-resourced district than most.
Cranfills Gap Isd operates only this one school, so Cranfills Gap School has no district-mates to compare against locally. At 116 students, it is also a small operation, on the smaller end of Texas's single-school districts.
Sourced from NCES CCD, CRDC, and F-33 (federal records, not a quality verdict). How we source and compute this.
Source: National Center for Education Statistics Common Core of Data + CRDC + F-33 · 2024-25
How Cranfills Gap School compares
Cranfills Gap School on the metrics families compare, against Texas and U.S. means.
| Metric | This school | vs Texas | Texas avg | U.S. avg |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Students per teacher | 7.3:1 | ▼ 50% | 14.7:1 | 15.7:1 |
| Free-lunch eligible | 60.3% | ▼ 3% | 61.9% | 51.7% |
| Enrollment | 116 | top 91% | - | - |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data School-level CCD + state/national means from Public School Universe · 2024-25
7.3:1
Leaner classes than 96% of US schools, among the more generously staffed nationally.
116
Bigger than 11% of US schools by enrollment, a small campus.
Equity indicators (what these measure)
Economic need
60.3%
free-lunch eligible
- 3% below the Texas average of 61.9%
Above the 40% Title I schoolwide threshold; federal funds support the whole school, not individual students.
Staffing depth
7.3:1
students per teacher
- 50% below state mean
Top 3% in Texas - lower ratio than 97% of state schools
Well under the widely cited 15:1 individualized-attention benchmark, among the leaner class loads nationally.
Engagement
16.4%
chronically absent (missed 10%+ of school days)
In the 15-20% range, nearing the "high" absenteeism threshold.
Funding equity
$17,545
per pupil, district-wide
- above Texas avg of $13,644
Somewhat above the U.S. public-school average, reflecting higher local or state investment per enrolled student.
Support staff
Counselors1.0 FTE
Per 116 students, the combined health-and-guidance staffing load for this school.
Discipline context
4
in-school suspensions + 1 out-of-school
Suspension rate: 3.4 per 100 students. Combined in-school and out-of-school rate: 4.3 per 100 students. Reported via the Civil Rights Data Collection.
Overview
- Common Core of Data (June 2026): enrollment, staffing, and the student-teacher ratio above.
- Civil Rights Data Collection: discipline counts and program access (AP, gifted, special education).
- F-33 School District Finance Survey: the district-wide per-pupil spending figures below.
Three separate federal collections, each on its own reporting cadence - which is why this school's numbers line up on a consistent basis against every other school and state on this site, rather than mixing figures pulled from different survey years.
Student demographics
White 61.2%
Hispanic or Latino 35.3%
African American 1.7%
Asian 0.9%
Two or More 0.9%
Largest group: White at 61.2% of enrollment.
Student-body diversity index 50.0/100
Simpson diversity index - at 50.0, Cranfills Gap School is more mixed than the Texas school average of 44.7.
Programs
Funding & spending
District-wide per-pupil expenditure for Cranfills Gap Isd, which includes Cranfills Gap School.
$17,545
Per student
+29%
vs Texas
Avg $13,644
+6%
vs U.S.
Avg $16,593
Revenue mix
Local 52.1%
State 34.1%
Federal 13.8%
Source: NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey District-level finance · FY 2021-22 Per-pupil expenditure reflects the district-wide average. Individual school budgets are not reported at the federal level.
Similar other schools statewide
Matched by enrollment size and by staffing ratio across all of Texas, not just this city - a different peer set than the local comparisons above.
Similar enrollment (~116 students)
Similar student-teacher ratio (~7.3:1)
Next steps
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Frequently asked questions about Cranfills Gap School
How many students attend Cranfills Gap School?
Cranfills Gap School has 116 students enrolled. It is a public school in Cranfills Gap, TX.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Cranfills Gap School?
The student-teacher ratio at Cranfills Gap School is 7.3:1, which is 50% lower than the Texas average of 14.7:1 and 54% lower than the national average of 15.7:1. Lower ratios generally mean more individual attention per student.
What percentage of students receive free lunch at Cranfills Gap School?
60.3% of students at Cranfills Gap School are eligible for free lunch, compared to the Texas average of 61.9%.
What is the racial and ethnic makeup of Cranfills Gap School?
The largest demographic group at Cranfills Gap School is White at 61.2% of enrollment, in Cranfills Gap, TX. Its student body is more racially and ethnically mixed than most US schools, with a diversity index of 50.0/100.
What is the Resource Investment Index for Cranfills Gap School?
Cranfills Gap School has a Resource Investment Index of 59/100 (higher reported resources relative to schools nationally) based on 4 factors: student-teacher ratio, counselor availability, attendance rates. Not a test-score or academic measure (national median ~41/100, see methodology).
Is Cranfills Gap School a good school?
Cranfills Gap School earns 59/100 on the Resource Investment Index, with class sizes smaller than 97% of Texas schools. This is a resource snapshot, not an academic rating; see the Resource Investment Index question above for what the number does and doesn't measure.
What other schools are in Cranfills Gap Isd?
None reported; Cranfills Gap Isd operates only Cranfills Gap School as a public school district in NCES's records.
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