Round Top-Carmine ISD is a rural school district in Central Texas in Fayette County. As of the most recent enrollment data released by the state, its student population was 67.8% white and 33.9% economically disadvantaged.
Explore more below to learn about its enrollment and demographic trends over time, the classroom experience, student outcomes and its school funding and political environment.
Official classifications
TEA Type
Rural
NCES Type
Rural-Remote
ESC Region
Austin
Classifications are used to compare and support schools. Learn more
Per-student spending reflects how much money a
school spends to educate each child — though
different sources may calculate it differently.
Our figure divides total local, state and federal
general fund spending by enrollment. The general
fund is a school’s operating fund, and where leaders
have the most spending discretion. When spending
exceeds revenue, a district is in deficit — risking
depleted reserves unless a plan is in place to bring
the budget back into balance.
How to read this chart
The per-student spending calculation shown here reflects all general fund expenses including non-operating expenses such
as recapture payments to the state. It should not be directly compared to per-student funding, which excludes recapture.
District spending was
$24,860
per student
in
2024,
up
31.1%
since
2015
(inflation-adjusted)
How Round Top-Carmine ISD compares on per-student
spending
We offer three
comparison points: statewide ranking, regional ranking, and peer
ranking (schools operating in similar environments). Schools in
a peer group may not be close to each other geographically.
Regions and peer groups are defined by the state.
State
66th
among
1,019
districts statewide
Round Top-Carmine ISD
LowerRound Top-Carmine ISDHigher
Region
2nd
among
50
districts in its region
Round Top-Carmine ISD
LowerRound Top-Carmine ISDHigher
Peers
57th
among
463
districts in its peer group
Round Top-Carmine ISD
LowerRound Top-Carmine ISDHigher
A deeper dive
School advocates have
called attention to hard choices districts across Texas have had
to make — from adopting budget deficits and hiring uncertified
teachers to closing schools — as evidence that the state has not
invested enough in an education system serving more than 5.5
million children. A Tribune analysis shows the state's share of
the funds that schools receive per student (known as the basic
allotment) significantly decreased in the past decade until
recently.
Learn more about how schools are funded and how the math adds
up.