Regular local school district · Refugio County
Refugio ISD, TX: schools, enrollment and spending
Refugio ISD runs 3 public schools with 656 students in grades PK to 12. Its ratio of 11.7 students per teacher is 3.4 lower than the Texas figure of 15.1.Listed in NCES data as "REFUGIO ISD".
At a glance
- Schools
- 3
- Students
- 656
- Teachers (FTE)
- 56
- Students per teacher
- 11.7
- TX: 15.1 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 212 W Vance St, Refugio, TX 78377
- Phone
- (361)526-5400
- County
- Refugio County
- Locale
- Rural: Remote
- Grades offered
- PK to 12
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 4836780
- State district ID
- TX-196903
- Total staff (FTE)
- 161
- School counselors (FTE)
- 2.0About 328 students per counselor.
- School administrators (FTE)
- 3.0
Students per teacher compared
This district11.7
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 (682), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $13.6 million
- Federal revenue
- $4.0 million
- State revenue
- $4.3 million
- Local revenue
- $5.3 million
- Total spending
- $17.8 million
- Spending per pupil
- $26,119
- Salaries
- $7.9 million44.1% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $23.0 million
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 29.6%
- State: 31.6%
- Local: 38.8%
Texas overall
- Federal: 12.6%
- State: 36.9%
- Local: 50.5%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$26,119
Texas$14,396
United States$16,826
Schools in Refugio ISD
By level: 1 high, 1 middle, 1 elementary. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| Refugio ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 300 | 14.3 |
| Refugio High SchoolCEP school | High | 9 to 12 | 222 | 11.7 |
| Refugio J HCEP school | Middle | 6 to 8 | 134 | 8.9 |
Nearby and related
Other districts in Refugio County
- Woodsboro ISD 400 students
- Austwell-Tivoli ISD 141 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.