Snapshot 2017: District Size

Districts are grouped by size into nine categories based on the number of students in membership. This is the total number of students in membership in the district on a day in late October. See Item Definitions, #3. Total Students, for a definition of students included in this table.

(Each column heading is a link to the list of districts included in each category.)

District Size
Count of Districts
20
29
64
76
89
137
152
237
399
2. Total Number of Schools
2,002
1,356
1,467
843
573
629
551
692
644
Students
3. Total Students
1,610,168
1,062,359
1,023,004
542,550
345,205
296,934
192,100
167,706
103,808
4. % African American
15.7
12.2
11.2
14.9
7.8
10.0
7.6
8.3
8.7
5. % Hispanic
54.9
60.2
56.3
41.8
48.3
44.5
39.6
36.9
38.0
6. % White
19.7
20.6
26.2
38.1
39.2
41.5
48.6
50.8
50.2
7. % American Indian
0.4
0.4
0.3
0.4
0.4
0.4
0.4
0.5
0.3
8. % Asian
7.1
4.4
3.6
2.1
1.9
1.3
1.3
1.1
0.7
9. % Pacific Islander
0.1
0.2
0.2
0.2
0.1
0.1
0.2
0.1
0.0
10. % Two or More Races
2.1
2.0
2.2
2.5
2.3
2.1
2.3
2.3
2.0
11. % Economically Disadvantaged
59.6
61.7
58.1
53.8
59.5
60.5
57.4
57.0
61.1
12. % English Language Learners (ELL)
23.8
22.6
18.3
13.3
14.1
12.5
9.8
8.6
8.0
13. % Special Education
8.6
8.8
8.8
8.7
8.8
8.8
9.0
9.2
9.4
14. % Bilingual/ESL Education
23.4
22.9
18.4
13.4
13.7
12.3
9.4
8.3
7.9
15. % Career & Technical Education
23.0
25.9
25.1
26.1
26.6
25.6
26.7
27.2
26.5
16. % Gifted & Talented Education
9.5
8.0
7.7
7.2
6.3
5.1
5.2
5.6
4.2
17. Attendance Rate (2015-16)
95.8
95.8
95.8
95.7
95.8
95.7
96.0
96.0
95.8
18. Annual Dropout Rate Gr. 9-12 (2015-16)
1.9
1.4
1.3
1.6
1.0
1.8
1.2
1.5
2.8
19. 4-Year Longitudinal Graduation Rate (Class of 2016)
89.8
92.1
92.3
88.8
93.9
90.7
92.5
92.5
86.8
20. 5-Year Longitudinal Graduation Rate (Class of 2015)
92.1
94.0
93.9
92.2
95.5
93.6
93.9
94.8
89.1
21. 6-Year Longitudinal Graduation Rate (Class of 2014)
91.8
93.8
93.5
92.6
95.1
94.6
93.0
94.4
88.6
22. Annual Graduate Count (2015-16)
95,410
64,191
61,947
35,485
21,037
17,235
11,448
10,483
6,655
23. Annual RHSP/DAP/FHSP-E/FHSP-DLA Graduate Count (2015-16)
79,451
53,643
52,618
29,650
17,406
13,802
9,311
8,711
5,265
STAAR % at Approaches Grade Level Standard
24. All Subjects
76
76
75
76
74
72
75
75
73
25. ELA/Reading
72
72
72
73
71
69
73
73
71
26. Writing
68
68
67
68
65
62
67
67
66
27. Mathematics
79
81
79
80
78
76
79
78
77
28. Science
79
80
79
79
77
75
79
78
75
29. Social Studies
79
78
78
77
74
73
75
74
71
30. African American
65
67
65
63
63
57
61
59
61
31. Hispanic
71
73
71
71
69
67
69
69
67
32. White
90
87
86
85
80
80
81
81
79
33. American Indian
77
71
75
76
73
75
77
77
76
34. Asian
93
91
93
92
90
90
94
89
91
35. Pacific Islander
81
76
80
74
73
68
66
82
84
36. Two or More Races
85
83
82
81
77
75
79
75
74
37. Economically Disadvantaged
67
70
68
67
67
65
68
68
66
College Admissions (Class of 2016)
38. SAT/ACT - % Tested
83.7
79.7
66.7
58.6
60.4
55.4
60.1
60.3
52.7
39. SAT/ACT - % At or Above Criterion
24.3
19.1
22.7
27.3
22.6
19.1
19.7
18.7
16.8
40. SAT - Average Score
1368
1343
1390
1425
1399
1379
1386
1397
1361
41. ACT - Average Score
20.5
19.6
20.3
21.3
20.5
19.9
19.9
19.8
19.5
Staff
42. Total Staff FTE
207,648.3
137,450.3
132,968.4
69,336.7
46,379.9
41,128.6
27,381.4
25,454.6
17,260.4
43. Total Teacher FTE
103,301.4
68,317.7
65,754.1
34,734.7
23,243.0
20,512.7
14,015.7
13,527.9
9,349.3
44. % Central Administration
0.6
0.9
1.0
1.2
1.3
1.6
1.9
2.3
3.1
45. % Campus Administration
2.6
2.8
2.7
3.1
3.3
3.4
3.5
3.6
3.8
46. % Professional Support Staff
11.0
10.8
10.8
9.9
8.8
8.1
6.3
6.6
4.6
47. % Teachers
49.7
49.7
49.5
50.1
50.1
49.9
51.2
53.1
54.2
48. % Educational Aides
8.4
8.9
9.6
10.0
11.5
12.2
12.3
11.5
11.4
49. % Auxiliary Staff
27.6
27.1
26.4
25.6
25.0
24.9
24.8
22.8
23.0
50. Average Central Administrative Salary
109,410
104,185
103,677
104,073
101,741
97,235
91,520
86,978
80,708
51. Average Campus Administrative Salary
81,954
80,605
77,199
73,556
71,069
69,385
68,568
66,990
65,107
52. Average Professional Support Staff Salary
65,079
63,523
61,644
59,567
56,017
55,193
53,641
51,647
48,185
53. Average Teacher Salary
55,415
54,365
53,269
51,343
49,154
47,481
46,729
45,656
44,372
54. % Minority
57.0
59.9
51.4
39.3
35.1
34.0
30.3
26.0
27.8
55. Number of Students Per Total Staff
7.8
7.7
7.7
7.8
7.4
7.2
7.0
6.6
6.0
56. Number of Students Per Teacher
15.6
15.6
15.6
15.6
14.9
14.5
13.7
12.4
11.1
Teachers
57. % With 5 or Fewer Years of Experience
36.0
34.8
36.5
36.0
37.3
36.9
33.8
33.4
35.9
58. Average Years of Experience
10.8
10.7
10.7
10.8
11.0
11.4
12.0
12.4
11.6
59. % With Advanced Degrees
27.6
25.6
24.6
24.6
20.4
18.2
18.3
17.6
16.3
60. Teacher Turnover Rate
15.1
14.0
15.4
17.3
18.6
21.2
19.4
21.2
23.4
61. % African American
16.8
8.8
7.6
10.5
4.1
5.6
4.3
5.1
5.7
62. % Hispanic
26.0
38.7
32.1
17.7
20.2
17.6
15.6
10.8
12.3
63. % White
52.8
48.0
57.3
69.2
73.0
75.0
78.2
82.6
80.1
64. % Other
4.4
4.4
3.0
2.6
2.7
1.8
1.9
1.5
1.8
65. % Regular Education
69.5
72.5
72.3
73.8
74.3
76.4
78.6
80.4
81.6
66. % Special Education
9.6
8.6
8.7
8.8
8.1
7.8
7.1
6.1
5.3
67. % Compensatory Education
2.4
2.0
2.3
3.2
4.1
4.2
3.9
4.0
4.0
68. % Bilingual/ESL Education
7.3
7.9
6.7
4.5
4.6
3.1
1.9
0.7
0.8
69. % Career & Technical Education
3.7
4.2
4.3
4.8
5.2
5.4
6.0
6.9
7.5
70. % Other Education (Includes G & T)
7.5
4.8
5.6
4.8
3.8
3.2
2.5
1.9
0.8
Taxes and Actual Revenues
71. Taxable Value Per Pupil (2014 Tax Year)
434,251
297,748
324,314
414,071
357,476
470,628
459,592
546,979
951,958
72. Locally Adopted Tax Rate (2015 Tax Year)
1.360
1.352
1.397
1.405
1.353
1.324
1.296
1.272
1.187
73. Total Revenue (2015-16)
17,766,847,334
11,469,328,784
11,017,262,607
5,865,450,599
3,721,674,223
3,286,680,720
2,191,204,528
2,034,220,365
1,410,276,605
74. Total Revenue Per Pupil
11,080
10,888
10,970
11,092
10,934
11,274
11,609
12,337
13,684
75. % State
31.1
46.5
44.6
37.4
47.1
45.1
50.2
51.0
46.8
76. % Local and Other
58.5
42.4
45.6
53.3
42.7
44.8
39.3
39.7
45.1
77. % Federal
10.4
11.1
9.8
9.3
10.2
10.2
10.4
9.3
8.2
Fund Balance and Net Assets
78. Fund Balance (for ISDs)
3,231,161,383
1,953,810,809
2,016,960,396
1,152,665,096
744,784,455
693,674,469
568,914,221
510,320,482
453,558,317
79. Net Assets (Charter Schools)
0
439,951
101,777,361
30,041,460
41,139,696
46,311,291
31,945,504
33,992,877
45,143,859
Actual Expenditures
80. Total Expenditures (2015-16)
20,258,287,479
12,117,056,426
12,040,782,141
6,714,655,866
3,915,974,623
3,610,275,406
2,319,342,679
2,162,806,511
1,595,022,853
81. Total Operating Expenditures (2015-16)
14,962,732,862
9,713,737,433
9,264,531,769
4,789,343,338
3,165,247,048
2,774,435,838
1,860,757,842
1,742,403,582
1,197,037,781
82. Total Operating Expenditures Per Pupil
9,331
9,221
9,224
9,057
9,300
9,517
9,858
10,567
11,615
83. % Instructional
58.5
57.8
56.3
55.6
54.7
54.1
54.2
54.1
53.0
84. % Central Administration
5.8
5.4
6.5
7.6
7.1
7.9
8.1
8.9
11.6
85. % School Leadership
5.9
5.9
5.6
5.6
5.8
5.8
5.9
5.9
6.2
86. % Plant Services
9.9
10.2
10.9
11.3
12.2
12.1
12.4
12.4
12.5
87. % Other Operating
19.4
20.1
20.2
19.5
19.9
19.9
19.2
18.5
16.5
88. Total Instructional Expenditures
8,747,213,373
5,616,592,163
5,218,158,744
2,664,327,768
1,730,392,409
1,501,187,236
1,008,870,704
942,796,644
634,968,265
89. Total Instructional Expenditures Per Pupil
5,455
5,332
5,196
5,038
5,084
5,149
5,345
5,718
6,161
90. % Regular Education
60.0
60.6
61.4
60.9
60.4
56.9
58.0
57.0
58.7
91. % Special Education
15.5
15.7
14.8
15.0
14.7
16.2
15.1
14.8
11.9
92. % Accelerated Education
9.9
9.8
9.6
8.9
10.1
11.7
11.8
13.2
14.2
93. % Bilingual/ESL Education
3.5
2.0
2.0
1.9
1.3
1.4
1.1
0.8
0.8
94. % Career & Technical Education
2.9
3.8
3.8
4.1
4.8
4.6
5.1
5.5
5.7
95. % Gifted & Talented Education
1.2
1.4
1.0
1.4
0.9
0.8
0.7
0.6
0.4
96. % Athletics/Related Activities
1.6
2.1
2.7
3.3
3.6
4.3
4.8
5.0
4.6
97. % High School Allotment
1.2
1.2
1.3
1.2
1.2
1.2
1.1
1.1
0.9
98. % Prekindergarten
3.2
2.3
2.1
2.0
2.0
2.2
1.9
1.8
2.3
99. % Other Expenditures
1.1
1.2
1.2
1.3
0.9
0.7
0.5
0.3
0.5