Enrollment
232
Texas · 2024-25 NCES data
Other / mixed grade configuration · Ackerly, TX
Sands Cisd
Federal NCES profile for Sands Cisd, including enrollment, faculty, free-lunch eligibility, demographics, and resource indicators - Resource Investment Index 62/100.
2024-25 NCES dataOther / mixed grade configurationNCES 483912004462
👥 S:T ratio 56
🌟 Gifted program 70
🎓 Counselors 42
📋 Attendance 78
Scored 0–100 from federal NCES and CRDC indicators, resource allocation, not test scores. Full methodology →
The verdict
Sands Cisd earns 62/100 on the Resource Investment Index, with class sizes smaller than 85% of Texas schools.
- 62
- Resource Index · Higher
- 11:1
- small classes for Texas
- 55.4%
- free-lunch eligible
- 232
- students enrolled
Sands Cisd has class sizes smaller than 85% of Texas schools. Computed live against every Texas school reporting to NCES.
School address
Teachers (FTE)
21.0
Federal CCD staff survey
Students per teacher
11:1
vs 14.7:1 Texas avg
-25% vs state
Free-lunch eligible
55.4%
vs 61.9% Texas avg
-11% vs state
Student-teacher ratio in context
How Sands Cisd compares with Texas and U.S. medians
What stands out at Sands Cisd
Sands Cisd is a higher-need, mid-sized combined-grade school in Ackerly, Texas, enrolling 232 students.
Classes run notably small here: at 11:1, Sands Cisd is leaner than roughly 85% of Texas schools and 25% 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 55.4% of students eligible for free meals.
Enrollment of 232 puts it in the smaller third of Texas schools by headcount.
Its Resource Investment Index outscores 94% of the 8,960 Texas schools with a score on record, a top-tier result on this measure.
Against 642 statewide peers matched on enrollment and economic need, it ranks in the upper tier at #100.
Its student body is led by White (48%) and Hispanic or Latino (48%) (diversity index 54/100).
Counselor coverage runs a bit thin, about 290 students per counselor, somewhat past the ASCA-recommended 250:1 benchmark.
Attendance holds up well here: only 8.6% of students were chronically absent, below the typical post-pandemic national figure.
The surrounding Sands Cisd spends $16,699 per pupil, 22% above the Texas average, a better-resourced district than most.
The federal civil-rights collection also records 1 expulsion at this campus for 2021-22.
Sands Cisd operates only this one school, so Sands Cisd 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 Sands Cisd compares
Sands Cisd on the metrics families compare, against Texas and U.S. means.
| Metric | This school | vs Texas | Texas avg | U.S. avg |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Students per teacher | 11:1 | ▼ 25% | 14.7:1 | 15.7:1 |
| Free-lunch eligible | 55.4% | ▼ 11% | 61.9% | 51.7% |
| Enrollment | 232 | top 82% | - | - |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data School-level CCD + state/national means from Public School Universe · 2024-25
11:1
Leaner classes than 83% of US schools, among the more generously staffed nationally.
232
Bigger than 23% of US schools by enrollment, mid-sized for the country.
Equity indicators (what these measure)
Economic need
55.4%
free-lunch eligible
- 11% 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
11:1
students per teacher
- 25% below state mean
Top 15% in Texas - lower ratio than 85% of state schools
Well under the widely cited 15:1 individualized-attention benchmark, among the leaner class loads nationally.
Engagement
8.6%
chronically absent (missed 10%+ of school days)
In the 5-10% range, close to the pre-pandemic national baseline.
Funding equity
$16,699
per pupil, district-wide
- above Texas avg of $13,644
Close to the U.S. public-school average per-pupil spend.
Support staff
Counselors0.8 FTE
Student-support staffing from the Civil Rights Data Collection.
Discipline context
11
in-school suspensions + 6 out-of-school
Suspension rate: 4.7 per 100 students. Combined in-school and out-of-school rate: 7.3 per 100 students. Reported via the Civil Rights Data Collection. Includes 1 expulsion.
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 48.3%
Hispanic or Latino 47.8%
Two or More 2.2%
American Indian / Alaska Native 1.3%
African American 0.4%
Largest group: White at 48.3% of enrollment.
Student-body diversity index 53.8/100
Simpson diversity index - at 53.8, Sands Cisd is more mixed than the Texas school average of 44.7.
Programs
Gifted & talented Yes
Funding & spending
District-wide per-pupil expenditure for Sands Cisd, which includes Sands Cisd.
$16,699
Per student
+22%
vs Texas
Avg $13,644
+1%
vs U.S.
Avg $16,593
Revenue mix
Local 61.7%
State 31.3%
Federal 7.0%
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 (~232 students)
Similar student-teacher ratio (~11:1)
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Frequently asked questions about Sands Cisd
How many students attend Sands Cisd?
Sands Cisd has 232 students enrolled. It is a public school in Ackerly, TX.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Sands Cisd?
The student-teacher ratio at Sands Cisd is 11:1, which is 25% lower than the Texas average of 14.7:1 and 30% 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 Sands Cisd?
55.4% of students at Sands Cisd are eligible for free lunch, compared to the Texas average of 61.9%.
What is the racial and ethnic makeup of Sands Cisd?
The largest demographic group at Sands Cisd is White at 48.3% of enrollment, in Ackerly, TX. Its student body is more racially and ethnically mixed than most US schools, with a diversity index of 53.8/100.
What is the Resource Investment Index for Sands Cisd?
Sands Cisd has a Resource Investment Index of 62/100 (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 Sands Cisd a good school?
Sands Cisd earns 62/100 on the Resource Investment Index, with class sizes smaller than 85% 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 Sands Cisd?
None reported; Sands Cisd operates only Sands Cisd as a public school district in NCES's records.
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