Regular local school district · Hill County
Penelope ISD, TX: schools, enrollment and spending
Penelope ISD runs 1 public school with 216 students in grades PK to 12. Its ratio of 12.0 students per teacher is 3.1 lower than the Texas figure of 15.1.Listed in NCES data as "PENELOPE ISD".
At a glance
- Schools
- 1
- Students
- 216
- Teachers (FTE)
- 18
- Students per teacher
- 12.0
- TX: 15.1 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 309 Ave D, Penelope, TX 76676
- Phone
- (254)533-2215
- County
- Hill County
- Locale
- Rural: Distant
- Grades offered
- PK to 12
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 4834560
- State district ID
- TX-109914
- Total staff (FTE)
- 36
- School counselors (FTE)
- 1.0About 216 students per counselor.
- School administrators (FTE)
- 1.0
Students per teacher compared
This district12.0
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 (211), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $3.2 million
- Federal revenue
- $196,000
- State revenue
- $2.5 million
- Local revenue
- $503,000
- Total spending
- $2.9 million
- Spending per pupil
- $13,578
- Salaries
- $1.9 million67.0% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $39,000
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 6.1%
- State: 78.1%
- Local: 15.7%
Texas overall
- Federal: 12.6%
- State: 36.9%
- Local: 50.5%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$13,578
Texas$14,396
United States$16,826
Schools in Penelope ISD
By level: 1 other. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| Penelope School | Other | PK to 12 | 216 | 12.0 |
Nearby and related
Other districts in Hill County
- Hillsboro ISD 1,984 students
- Whitney ISD 1,454 students
- Itasca ISD 638 students
- Hubbard ISD 417 students
- Covington ISD 353 students
- Blum ISD 334 students
- Aquilla ISD 332 students
- Abbott ISD 284 students
- Bynum ISD 187 students
- Mount Calm ISD 168 students
- Malone ISD 63 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.