High school (grades 9-12) · Weslaco, TX

Santa Maria Daep

Federal NCES profile for Santa Maria Daep, including enrollment, faculty, free-lunch eligibility, demographics, and resource indicators.

2024-25 NCES dataHigh school (grades 9-12)NCES 483933009156
3 students enrolled

School address

Enrollment

3

Texas · 2024-25 NCES data

What stands out at Santa Maria Daep

Santa Maria Daep is a small high school in Weslaco, Texas, enrolling 3 students.

This is a small campus: fewer students than 98% of Texas schools, with 3 enrolled.

The surrounding Santa Maria Isd spends $20,404 per pupil, 50% above the Texas average, a better-resourced district than most.

Its district draws 28.2% of revenue from federal sources, an above-typical federal share that tends to track a higher-need student population.

Santa Maria Isd also operates Tony Gonzalez El (224 students) and Santa Maria H S (165 students) alongside Santa Maria Daep.

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 Santa Maria Daep compares

Santa Maria Daep on the metrics families compare, against Texas and U.S. means.

Metric This school vs Texas Texas avg U.S. avg
Enrollment 3 top 98% - -

Source: NCES Common Core of Data School-level CCD + state/national means from Public School Universe · 2024-25

3
Bigger than 0% of US schools by enrollment, a small campus.

Equity indicators (what these measure)

Funding equity
$20,404
per pupil, district-wide - above Texas avg of $13,644
Well above the U.S. public-school average, reflecting substantially higher local or state investment per enrolled student.

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.

Funding & spending

District-wide per-pupil expenditure for Santa Maria Isd, which includes Santa Maria Daep.

$20,404
Per student
+50%
vs Texas
Avg $13,644
+23%
vs U.S.
Avg $16,593
Revenue mix
Local 9.4%
State 62.4%
Federal 28.2%

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.

How Santa Maria Daep Compares to District-Mates

School Enrollment Economic Profile Student-Teacher Ratio
Tony Gonzalez El Larger No free-lunch data No ratio data
Santa Maria H S Larger No free-lunch data No ratio data
Santa Maria Middle Larger No free-lunch data No ratio data
Santa Maria Academic Academy-Options Campus (6-12) Larger No free-lunch data No ratio data

Comparisons are relative to Santa Maria Daep's own figures; each column derives from NCES Common Core of Data.

Other Schools in This District

Santa Maria Isd · 4 sibling schools

View district profile

Similar high 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.

Next steps

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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 Santa Maria Daep

How many students attend Santa Maria Daep?

Santa Maria Daep has 3 students enrolled. It is a high school in Weslaco, TX.

What other schools are in Santa Maria Isd?

Besides Santa Maria Daep, Santa Maria Isd also operates Tony Gonzalez El (224 students), Santa Maria H S (165 students), and Santa Maria Middle (123 students). See the Santa Maria Isd district page for the complete list.

Source: National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) CCD + Public School Universe (2024-25), CRDC (2021-22), F-33 District Finance Survey (FY 2021-22) · 2024-25 Data as of the 2024-25 school year. Coverage from U.S. Department of Education NCES Common Core of Data. Varies by entity type; administrative districts and certain charter networks may report only a subset of fields.

All federal data sources used on this page

Full source list and how we compute each figure: methodology page.

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