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Galveston ISD

A public school district in Galveston, Texas, with 11 operational schools in 2024–25.

The district in 2024–25

6,383
Students enrolled
441.3
Teachers, full-time equivalent
Derived by NCES from the state’s counts.
996.1
All staff, full-time equivalent
$13,846
Spending per pupil, fiscal year 2023
Current expenditure over fall membership, both as the district reported them.

How this compares

Students enrolled: 6,383 in 2024–25
Ranks 1,462nd of 17,800 districts by enrollment, and 180th of 1,211 in Texas. Larger than 91% of the 17,800 districts in the fifty states and DC that report an enrollment. The ranking →
Current spending per pupil: $13,846 in fiscal year 2023
More than 34% 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

Galveston ISD spent $13,846 per pupil in fiscal year 2023, against $7,246 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
Galveston ISD spent $13,846 per pupil in fiscal year 2023, against $7,246 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 yearSpending per pupilCurrent expenditureMembership
FY2023$13,846$89.8 million6,486
FY2022$13,689$91.2 million6,661
FY2021$12,659$84.8 million6,698
FY2020$11,209$78.9 million7,041
FY2019$11,150$78.3 million7,019
FY2018$10,241$71.9 million7,017
FY2017$10,269$70.8 million6,894
FY2016$10,361$72.5 million7,002
FY2015$10,146$70.8 million6,974
FY2014$10,084$68.7 million6,813
FY2013$10,219$68.6 million6,710
FY2012$10,634$68.3 million6,427
FY2011$11,250$72.8 million6,467
FY2010$11,017$70.0 million6,358
FY2009$13,250$74.1 million5,591
FY2008$9,288$73.4 million7,903
FY2007$8,074$68.1 million8,435
FY2006$7,726$69.9 million9,045
FY2005$7,246$66.4 million9,166

Revenue by source, fiscal year 2023

Revenue to Galveston ISD by source, fiscal year 2023, as the district reported it to NCES
SourceRevenueShare of total
Federal$20.9 million17.2%
State$7.9 million6.5%
Local$92.7 million76.3%
Total$121.6 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

11 operational schools, A to Z.

2 more columns on a wider screen

Schools in Galveston ISD
SchoolStudents
Aim College & Career Prep101
Austin Elementary784
Ball High School1,905
Burnet Elementary562
Central Middle785
Crenshaw El and Middle131
Galveston Co J J a E P5
Moody Early Childhood Center161
Oppe Elementary669
Parker Elementary436
Weis844

The district’s entry

Name as NCES lists it
GALVESTON ISD
Status
Open
Type
Regular public school district that is not a component of a supervisory union
Charter status
Not a charter district
Grades
Pre-kindergarten to Grade 12
NCES district ID
4820280

Elsewhere

Sources

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