Record · District
The Lawson Academy
A public school district in Houston, Texas, with 1 operational school in 2024–25.
The district in 2024–25
- 235
- Students enrolled
- 12.2
- Teachers, full-time equivalent
- Derived by NCES from the state’s counts.
- 23
- All staff, full-time equivalent
- $18,978
- Spending per pupil, fiscal year 2023
- Current expenditure over fall membership, both as the district reported them.
How this compares
- Students enrolled: 235 in 2024–25
- Ranks 14,345th of 17,800 districts by enrollment, and 1,007th of 1,211 in Texas. Larger than 19% of the 17,800 districts in the fifty states and DC that report an enrollment. The ranking →
- Current spending per pupil: $18,978 in fiscal year 2023
- More than 69% of the 17,189 districts with a spending figure. Current spending leaves out buildings and debt, and a district of a few pupils can spend far more per pupil than any large one.
Spending and revenue
The Lawson Academy spent $14,051 per pupil in fiscal year 2024, against $8,457 in fiscal year 2012
Current spending per pupil, each fiscal year: current expenditure over fall membership, both as the district reported them to NCES. In the dollars of each year, not adjusted for inflation. A year with no column is a year the survey has no figure for.
Source: NCES
About this chart
The figures
| Fiscal year | Spending per pupil | Current expenditure | Membership |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024 | $14,051 | $2.7 million | 195 |
| FY2023 | $18,978 | $2.5 million | 134 |
| FY2022 | $18,598 | $3.1 million | 169 |
| FY2021 | $12,088 | $2.2 million | 182 |
| FY2020 | $10,318 | $2.0 million | 195 |
| FY2019 | $11,292 | $2.6 million | 226 |
| FY2018 | $11,146 | $2.6 million | 233 |
| FY2017 | $7,451 | $1.8 million | 237 |
| FY2016 | $10,409 | $1.6 million | 149 |
| FY2015 | $9,955 | $1.5 million | 154 |
| FY2014 | $9,637 | $1.9 million | 201 |
| FY2013 | $9,432 | $2.2 million | 229 |
| FY2012 | $8,457 | $2.3 million | 276 |
| FY2011 | not reported | not reported | not reported |
Revenue by source, fiscal year 2023
| Source | Revenue | Share of total |
|---|---|---|
| Federal | $843,000 | 34.5% |
| State | $1.5 million | 63.0% |
| Local | $60,000 | 2.5% |
| Total | $2.4 million |
Federal, state and local revenue as the F-33 records them. Each share is of the survey’s total revenue, so a part withheld does not inflate the others.
The district’s schools
1 operational school, A to Z.
2 more columns on a wider screen
| School | Students |
|---|---|
| The Lawson Academy | 235 |
The district’s entry
- Name as NCES lists it
- THE LAWSON ACADEMY
- Status
- Open
- Type
- Independent charter district
- Charter status
- LEA for federal programs
- Grades
- Pre-kindergarten to Grade 8
- NCES district ID
- 4801418
Elsewhere
- Public schools in Texas — enrollment, teachers and spending across the state, against the nation.
- Every school district in Texas — A to Z, each with its page.
- Texas on the American Factbook — the state’s entry, across every hub.
Sources
- Common Core of Data (CCD), 2024–25 — National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education · U.S. Government work · retrieved September 30, 2026
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data (CCD), 2024–25.
- School District Finance Survey (F-33), fiscal years 2011 to 2024
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data (CCD), "School District Finance Survey (F-33)," fiscal years 2011 to 2024.
Compiled automatically from Common Core of Data (CCD), 2024–25 and School District Finance Survey (F-33), fiscal years 2011 to 2024 by a checked SQL query · Editor: Kian O'Connor · How this site is built
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