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LUFKIN, Texas · NCES district 4828550

LUFKIN ISD

District spending, enrollment and school closures

FY 2024 Census per-pupil spending
$12,674
Fall 2024 NCES membership
6,865
Closed school entries in available years
1

NCES fall membership changed -12.8% from 7,869 in 2019 to 6,865 in 2024.

The median reported per-pupil spending among 969 Texas elementary and secondary districts with FY 2024 data here was $14,071. Each district counts once.

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Spending, enrollment and closures by school year

Each row pairs fall membership and school statuses with the Census fiscal year that uses that fall for its enrollment count. The newest school-status release, 2025–26, is preliminary.

District timeline
School yearCensus fiscal yearCurrent spendingCensus per-pupil spendingFall enrollment in Census financeFall membership in NCESOperating schoolsClosedNewReopened
2018–192019$77,303,000$9,8147,861UnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailable
2019–202020$83,110,000$10,5437,8697,86917000
2020–212021$91,181,000$12,2487,4327,43217000
2021–222022$96,963,000$12,9657,3607,36017000
2022–232023$106,498,000$14,6347,1647,16417100
2023–242024$90,907,000$12,6747,0467,04617000
2024–25UnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailable6,86517000
2025–26UnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailable17000

Why did spending per enrolled student change?

The calculation divides district current spending in 2024 dollars by the enrollment in the same Census finance row. It averages the spending and enrollment effects in both calculation orders so they sum to the change before rounding.

FY 2019 to FY 2024 · 2024 dollars per enrolled student

+$836 · +6.9% change in the calculated ratio

Change in real spending-$531
Change in enrollment+$1,367

Real current spending -4.2% · Census fall enrollment -10.4%

Which schools changed status?

1 school entry has a Closed status in the available directory years. The table includes openings, temporary closures, reopenings and agency changes when they appear in the same records.

District directory coverage · 2019–20, 2020–21, 2021–22, 2022–23, 2023–24, 2024–25, 2025–26. The 2025–26 entries are preliminary.

School status changes reported to NCES
SchoolReporting yearStatusCharter classificationNCES school ID
HACKNEY PRI2022–23ClosedNoncharter482855007770
ALTER SCH2021–22Temporarily closedNoncharter482855008420
ALTER SCH2020–21Temporarily closedNoncharter482855008420
ALTER SCH2019–20Temporarily closedNoncharter482855008420

Where the district’s money came from and went

Figures are in the dollars reported for each year. Census revenue and expenditure totals describe different transactions in the survey.

Census finance by fiscal year
Fiscal yearTotal revenueFederal revenueState revenueLocal revenueInstructionSupport servicesCapital outlayTotal expendituresCensus fall enrollment flag
FY 2019$89,263,000$10,797,000$41,061,000$37,405,000$43,947,000$29,003,000$3,366,000$84,628,000Alternative source
FY 2020$98,250,000$12,010,000$50,132,000$36,108,000$45,943,000$33,007,000$12,266,000$98,872,000Alternative source
FY 2021$106,501,000$18,925,000$50,252,000$37,324,000$52,411,000$34,305,000$37,369,000$132,281,000Alternative source
FY 2022$108,905,000$21,432,000$48,471,000$39,002,000$53,311,000$37,474,000$22,880,000$123,709,000Alternative source
FY 2023$109,451,000$24,651,000$43,276,000$41,524,000$53,067,000$46,620,000$11,302,000$121,756,000Alternative source
FY 2024$104,861,000$15,332,000$57,486,000$32,043,000$47,055,000$37,084,000$7,942,000$102,341,000Alternative source

Sources and methodology

America.co analysis of public federal data, compiled 2026-11-13.

Census finance tables · NCES enrollment and directory files · 2025–26 preliminary directory · BLS inflation data