A public school district in Fort Worth, Texas, with 137 operational schools in 2024–25.
The district in 2024–25
70,405
Students enrolled
4,721.8
Teachers, full-time equivalent
Derived by NCES from the state’s counts.
9,400.9
All staff, full-time equivalent
$13,690
Spending per pupil, fiscal year 2023
Current expenditure over fall membership, both as the district reported them.
How this compares
Students enrolled: 70,405 in 2024–25
Ranks 52nd of 17,800 districts by enrollment, and 10th of 1,211 in Texas. Larger than 99% of the 17,800 districts in the fifty states and DC that report an enrollment. The ranking →
Current spending per pupil: $13,690 in fiscal year 2023
More than 32% 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
Fort Worth ISD spent $13,690 per pupil in fiscal year 2023, against $7,230 in fiscal year 2005
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.
U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics — School District Finance Survey (F-33), fiscal year 2005 onwards
The figures behind this chart
Fort Worth ISD spent $13,690 per pupil in fiscal year 2023, against $7,230 in fiscal year 2005. 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.
Fiscal year
Spending per pupil
Current expenditure
Membership
FY2023
$13,690
$996.4 million
72,783
FY2022
$12,874
$963.6 million
74,850
FY2021
$11,653
$895.6 million
76,858
FY2020
$10,540
$873.7 million
82,891
FY2019
$10,198
$861.8 million
84,510
FY2018
$9,823
$847.1 million
86,234
FY2017
$9,586
$838.1 million
87,428
FY2016
$9,132
$795.2 million
87,080
FY2015
$8,901
$765.2 million
85,975
FY2014
$8,641
$731.0 million
84,588
FY2013
$8,343
$696.7 million
83,503
FY2012
$8,840
$734.6 million
83,109
FY2011
$9,105
$743.5 million
81,651
FY2010
$8,641
$693.1 million
80,209
FY2009
$8,891
$704.9 million
79,285
FY2008
$8,619
$679.6 million
78,857
FY2007
$7,715
$613.0 million
79,457
FY2006
$7,679
$616.9 million
80,336
FY2005
$7,230
$576.7 million
79,769
Revenue by source, fiscal year 2023
Revenue to Fort Worth ISD by source, fiscal year 2023, as the district reported it to NCES
Source
Revenue
Share of total
Federal
$259.0 million
20.8%
State
$272.8 million
21.9%
Local
$711.9 million
57.2%
Total
$1.2 billion
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
137 operational schools, A to Z, 100 to a page: page 1 of 2.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data (CCD), "School District Finance Survey (F-33)," fiscal years 2005 to 2023.