Enrollment
126
Texas · 2024-25 NCES data
Other / mixed grade configuration · Sarita, TX
Sarita El
Federal NCES profile for Sarita El, including enrollment, faculty, free-lunch eligibility, demographics, and resource indicators - Resource Investment Index 72/100.
2024-25 NCES dataOther / mixed grade configurationNCES 482541002831
👥 S:T ratio 54
🌟 Gifted program 70
🎓 Counselors 75
📋 Attendance 88
Scored 0–100 from federal NCES and CRDC indicators, resource allocation, not test scores. Full methodology →
The verdict
Sarita El earns 72/100 on the Resource Investment Index, with class sizes smaller than 81% of Texas schools.
- 72
- Resource Index · Higher
- 11.5:1
- small classes for Texas
- 126
- students enrolled
Sarita El has class sizes smaller than 81% of Texas schools. Computed live against every Texas school reporting to NCES.
School address
District: Kenedy County Wide Csd · Texas
NCES ID 482541002831 Verify on NCES CCD record →
Teachers (FTE)
11.0
Federal CCD staff survey
Students per teacher
11.5:1
vs 14.7:1 Texas avg
-22% vs state
Student-teacher ratio in context
How Sarita El compares with Texas and U.S. medians
What stands out at Sarita El
Sarita El is a small combined-grade school in Sarita, Texas, enrolling 126 students.
Class sizes run a bit leaner than typical: 11.5:1 puts it in the smaller third of Texas schools by student-teacher ratio.
Enrollment of 126 puts it in the smaller third of Texas schools by headcount.
Its Resource Investment Index outscores 99% of the 8,960 Texas schools with a score on record, a top-tier result on this measure.
Its student body is led by Hispanic or Latino (75%) and White (22%) (diversity index 39/100).
Counselor coverage is strong, about 126 students per counselor, inside the American School Counselor Association's recommended 250:1.
Attendance holds up well here: only 4.8% of students were chronically absent, below the typical post-pandemic national figure.
The surrounding Kenedy County Wide Csd spends $25,139 per pupil, 84% above the Texas average, a better-resourced district than most.
Kenedy County Wide Csd operates only this one school, so Sarita El has no district-mates to compare against locally. At 126 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 Sarita El compares
Sarita El on the metrics families compare, against Texas and U.S. means.
| Metric | This school | vs Texas | Texas avg | U.S. avg |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Students per teacher | 11.5:1 | ▼ 22% | 14.7:1 | 15.7:1 |
| Enrollment | 126 | top 90% | - | - |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data School-level CCD + state/national means from Public School Universe · 2024-25
11.5:1
Leaner classes than 79% of US schools, among the more generously staffed nationally.
126
Bigger than 12% of US schools by enrollment, a small campus.
Equity indicators (what these measure)
Staffing depth
11.5:1
students per teacher
- 22% below state mean
Top 19% in Texas - lower ratio than 81% of state schools
Well under the widely cited 15:1 individualized-attention benchmark, among the leaner class loads nationally.
Engagement
4.8%
chronically absent (missed 10%+ of school days)
Below 5%, comfortably under the pre-pandemic national baseline for chronic absenteeism.
Funding equity
$25,139
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.
Support staff
Counselors1.0 FTE
Per 126 students, the combined health-and-guidance staffing load for this school.
Discipline context
0
in-school suspensions + 0 out-of-school
Suspension rate: 0.0 per 100 students. Combined in-school and out-of-school rate: 0.0 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
Hispanic or Latino 74.6%
White 22.2%
African American 1.6%
Two or More 1.6%
Largest group: Hispanic or Latino at 74.6% of enrollment.
Student-body diversity index 39.4/100
Simpson diversity index - at 39.4, Sarita El is less mixed than the Texas school average of 44.7.
Programs
Gifted & talented Yes
Funding & spending
District-wide per-pupil expenditure for Kenedy County Wide Csd, which includes Sarita El.
$25,139
Per student
+84%
vs Texas
Avg $13,644
+52%
vs U.S.
Avg $16,593
Revenue mix
Local 89.3%
State 5.2%
Federal 5.5%
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 (~126 students)
Similar student-teacher ratio (~11.5:1)
Next steps
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Frequently asked questions about Sarita El
How many students attend Sarita El?
Sarita El has 126 students enrolled. It is a public school in Sarita, TX.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Sarita El?
The student-teacher ratio at Sarita El is 11.5:1, which is 22% lower than the Texas average of 14.7:1 and 27% lower than the national average of 15.7:1. Lower ratios generally mean more individual attention per student.
What is the racial and ethnic makeup of Sarita El?
The largest demographic group at Sarita El is Hispanic or Latino at 74.6% of enrollment, in Sarita, TX.
What is the Resource Investment Index for Sarita El?
Sarita El has a Resource Investment Index of 72/100 (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 Sarita El a good school?
Sarita El earns 72/100 on the Resource Investment Index, with class sizes smaller than 81% 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 Kenedy County Wide Csd?
None reported; Kenedy County Wide Csd operates only Sarita El as a public school district in NCES's records.
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