Regular local school district · Yoakum County
Denver City ISD, TX: schools, enrollment and spending
Denver City ISD runs 4 public schools with 1,474 students in grades PK to 12. Its ratio of 14.6 students per teacher is about the same as the Texas figure of 15.1.Listed in NCES data as "DENVER CITY ISD".
At a glance
- Schools
- 4
- Students
- 1,474
- Teachers (FTE)
- 101
- Students per teacher
- 14.6
- TX: 15.1 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 501 Mustang Ave, Denver City, TX 79323
- Phone
- (806)592-5902
- County
- Yoakum County
- Locale
- Rural: Remote
- Grades offered
- PK to 12
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 4816770
- State district ID
- TX-251901
- Total staff (FTE)
- 231
- School counselors (FTE)
- 3.0About 491 students per counselor.
- School administrators (FTE)
- 6.0
Students per teacher compared
This district14.6
Texas15.1
United States15.3
2020 finance data
From the F-33 School District Finance Survey for fiscal year 2020, in nominal dollars. Enrollment used for per-pupil figures is the finance survey count (1,638), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $24.6 million
- Federal revenue
- $2.6 million
- State revenue
- $5.0 million
- Local revenue
- $17.0 million
- Total spending
- $23.8 million
- Spending per pupil
- $14,523
- Salaries
- $12.0 million50.4% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $60.5 million
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 10.5%
- State: 20.2%
- Local: 69.4%
Texas overall
- Federal: 12.6%
- State: 36.9%
- Local: 50.5%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$14,523
Texas$14,396
United States$16,826
Schools in Denver City ISD
By level: 1 high, 1 middle, 2 elementary. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| Denver City High School | High | 9 to 12 | 512 | 13.8 |
| Dodson Pri | Elementary | PK to 2 | 334 | 15.9 |
| Kelley Elementary | Elementary | 3 to 5 | 309 | 16.3 |
| William G Gravitt J H | Middle | 6 to 8 | 319 | 13.9 |
Nearby and related
Other districts in Yoakum County
- Plains ISD 423 students
More in Texas
Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 and F-33 finance 2020, via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. Last reviewed October 2026. Finance figures are 2020 finance data in nominal dollars, not adjusted for inflation. Blank values are not available, not applicable or suppressed in the source. See the methodology.