Enrollment
163
Texas · 2024-25 NCES data
Other / mixed grade configuration · Valera, TX
Panther Creek School
Federal NCES profile for Panther Creek School, including enrollment, faculty, free-lunch eligibility, demographics, and resource indicators - Resource Investment Index 59/100.
2024-25 NCES dataOther / mixed grade configurationNCES 480000706343
👥 S:T ratio 67
🌟 Gifted program 70
🎓 Counselors 67
📋 Attendance 31
Scored 0–100 from federal NCES and CRDC indicators, resource allocation, not test scores. Full methodology →
The verdict
Panther Creek School earns 59/100 on the Resource Investment Index, with class sizes smaller than 95% of Texas schools.
- 59
- Resource Index · Higher
- 8.2:1
- small classes for Texas
- 55.9%
- free-lunch eligible
- 163
- students enrolled
Panther Creek School has class sizes smaller than 95% of Texas schools. Computed live against every Texas school reporting to NCES.
School address
District: Panther Creek Cisd · Texas
NCES ID 480000706343 Verify on NCES CCD record →
Teachers (FTE)
20.0
Federal CCD staff survey
Students per teacher
8.2:1
vs 14.7:1 Texas avg
-44% vs state
Free-lunch eligible
55.9%
vs 61.9% Texas avg
-10% vs state
Student-teacher ratio in context
How Panther Creek School compares with Texas and U.S. medians
What stands out at Panther Creek School
Panther Creek School is a higher-need, small combined-grade school in Valera, Texas, enrolling 163 students.
Classes run notably small here: at 8.2:1, Panther Creek School is leaner than roughly 95% of Texas schools and 44% under the state's 14.7:1 norm, more adult attention per pupil than most peers.
Economic need runs somewhat below the state's typical profile, with 55.9% of students eligible for free meals.
Enrollment of 163 puts it in the smaller third of Texas schools by headcount.
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 405 statewide peers matched on enrollment and economic need, it ranks in the upper tier at #150.
Its student body is led by White (74%) and Hispanic or Latino (21%) (diversity index 41/100).
Counselor coverage is strong, about 163 students per counselor, inside the American School Counselor Association's recommended 250:1.
Chronic absenteeism is elevated: 27.6% of students missed 10% or more of school days (2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection).
Its district draws 19.1% of revenue from federal sources, an above-typical federal share that tends to track a higher-need student population.
The federal civil-rights collection also records 2 expulsions at this campus for 2021-22.
Panther Creek Cisd operates only this one school, so Panther Creek School has no district-mates to compare against locally.
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 Panther Creek School compares
Panther Creek 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 | 8.2:1 | ▼ 44% | 14.7:1 | 15.7:1 |
| Free-lunch eligible | 55.9% | ▼ 10% | 61.9% | 51.7% |
| Enrollment | 163 | top 87% | - | - |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data School-level CCD + state/national means from Public School Universe · 2024-25
8.2:1
Leaner classes than 95% of US schools, among the more generously staffed nationally.
163
Bigger than 16% of US schools by enrollment, a small campus.
Equity indicators (what these measure)
Economic need
55.9%
free-lunch eligible
- 10% 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
8.2:1
students per teacher
- 44% below state mean
Top 5% in Texas - lower ratio than 95% of state schools
Well under the widely cited 15:1 individualized-attention benchmark, among the leaner class loads nationally.
Engagement
27.6%
chronically absent (missed 10%+ of school days)
At or above 20%, the commonly used threshold for "high" chronic absenteeism, signaling significant barriers to regular attendance.
Funding equity
$16,091
per pupil, district-wide
- above Texas avg of $13,644
Close to the U.S. public-school average per-pupil spend.
Support staff
Counselors1.0 FTE
Per 163 students, the combined health-and-guidance staffing load for this school.
Discipline context
11
in-school suspensions + 2 out-of-school
Suspension rate: 6.7 per 100 students. Combined in-school and out-of-school rate: 8.0 per 100 students. Reported via the Civil Rights Data Collection. Includes 2 expulsions.
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 73.6%
Hispanic or Latino 20.9%
Two or More 4.3%
African American 1.2%
Largest group: White at 73.6% of enrollment.
Student-body diversity index 41.3/100
Simpson diversity index - at 41.3, Panther Creek School is less mixed than the Texas school average of 44.7.
Programs
Gifted & talented Yes
Funding & spending
District-wide per-pupil expenditure for Panther Creek Cisd, which includes Panther Creek School.
$16,091
Per student
+18%
vs Texas
Avg $13,644
-3%
vs U.S.
Avg $16,593
Revenue mix
Local 44.3%
State 36.6%
Federal 19.1%
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 (~163 students)
Similar student-teacher ratio (~8.2:1)
Next steps
Verify locally before acting on Panther Creek School's federal record.
- Compare Panther Creek School against another school. Compare schools
- Panther Creek Cisd's spending and staffing shape this school. District profile
- Confirm current enrollment and boundaries with the school. Choosing guide
Federal record (CCD 2024-25, CRDC 2021-22) - PlainSchools assigns no subjective rating; the composite quality score is a transparent, reproducible index computed from this cited federal data.
Frequently asked questions about Panther Creek School
How many students attend Panther Creek School?
Panther Creek School has 163 students enrolled. It is a public school in Valera, TX.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Panther Creek School?
The student-teacher ratio at Panther Creek School is 8.2:1, which is 44% lower than the Texas average of 14.7:1 and 48% 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 Panther Creek School?
55.9% of students at Panther Creek School are eligible for free lunch, compared to the Texas average of 61.9%.
What is the racial and ethnic makeup of Panther Creek School?
The largest demographic group at Panther Creek School is White at 73.6% of enrollment, in Valera, TX.
What is the Resource Investment Index for Panther Creek School?
Panther Creek 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 Panther Creek School a good school?
Panther Creek School earns 59/100 on the Resource Investment Index, with class sizes smaller than 95% 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 Panther Creek Cisd?
None reported; Panther Creek Cisd operates only Panther Creek School as a public school district in NCES's records.
Related tools
Every figure on PlainSchools is rendered directly from the source NCES, CRDC and F-33 federal records, no number is typed in by an editor. Each school's figures reflect its most recent NCES/CRDC submission on file. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of June 2026.