Floresville ISD was the San Antonio-area only school district to make it into the state's top 200. SanAntonio SATX SanAntonioTX Texas TexasSchools equity education
Overall, Texas came in at No. 24 when it came to equitability in public schools.Floresville ISD — located about 30 miles south of the Alamo City — landed at No. 5 in financial site WalletHub's new ranking of theSo, what does that mean? The study's authors ranked Texas districts by comparing the household income of their students' families to how much each district spent per student annually.
Using that yardstick, Floresville ISD was the only San Antonio-area school district to make it into the top 100. While many local residents consider Boerne and Alamo Heights ISDs desirable districts, both scored poorly in equitability, according to the study, landing at No. 942 and No. 772, respectively.
Although the average household income in Boerne exceeds $100,000, the school actually spent less money per student than Floresville ISD, where the average household income is around $30,000 lower than Boerne's, according to WalletHub's analysis. The study named Garland ISD, located outside of Dallas, as Texas' most equitable district, followed by Rotan ISD and Bryson ISD, both located west of Fort Worth.Here's how the San Antonio-area districts included in the study stacked up:
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