Lower %EL Correlates with Higher School Funding/Pupil
There is a very clear correlation between the %EL in Texas Schools and the amount of funding that the school has to spend on its individual students.
| %EL Range | Avg Operating Revenue/Pupil |
| 0-5% | 13949.06 |
| 5.1-10% | 12990.78 |
| 10.1-15% | 12256.64 |
| 15.1-20% | 12755.02 |
| 20.1%-25% | 11963.98 |
| 25.1-30% | 12103.97 |
| 30.1-35% | 11194.38 |
| 35.1-40% | 12307.36 |
| 40.1-45% | 12408.47 |
| 45.1-50% | 12198.00 |
| 50.1-55% | 11572.57 |
| 55.1-60% | 11931.50 |
| 60.1-65% | 11594.67 |
| 65%< | 11301.38 |
There might be a variety of reasons for this. One possible explanation is that students who are English Learners – especially for those whose native language is Spanish – tend to live closer to the Mexican border*, where there are fewer major cities and therefore lower amounts of funding.
Furthermore, there are fewer schools in districts with >65% of English Learners, leading to a higher conglomeration of English Learning students in a fewer number of school.
It is therefore expected families with English Learning children would have lower opportunities to choose which school their children could go to.
*see Texas map with counties with the highest number of English Learners*
