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Texas School Districts Ranked by Expenditures

Normalized from state-comptroller audits and annual financial reports. Every agency is a live report card — click through for peer percentiles, fund balance, and distress indicators.

Cohort size 1050
Median expenditures $15.8M
25th–75th percentile $7.2M  –  $47.2M
Total spend $78.89B
  1. #1
    Houston IND SCH DIST 912
    FY 2022 pop. 194,607
    Expenditures $2.82B
    Revenue $2.94B
  2. #2
    Dallas IND SCH District 905
    FY 2022 pop. 143,558
    Expenditures $2.59B
    Revenue $2.32B
  3. #3
    Austin IND SCH DIST 901
    FY 2022 pop. 74,602
    Expenditures $2.01B
    Revenue $1.17B
  4. #4
    Cypress-fairbanks IND School District 907
    FY 2022 pop. 117,217
    Expenditures $1.72B
    Revenue $1.49B
  5. #5
    Northside IND SCH DIST 915
    FY 2022 pop. 102,377
    Expenditures $1.36B
    Revenue $1.40B
  6. #6
    KATY IND SCH DIST 914
    FY 2022 pop. 88,368
    Expenditures $1.28B
    Revenue $1.21B
  7. #7
    FORT Worth IND SCH DIST 905
    FY 2022 pop. 74,850
    Expenditures $1.19B
    Revenue $1.19B
  8. #8
    FORT BEND IND SCH District 907
    FY 2022 pop. 77,545
    Expenditures $1.12B
    Revenue $992.1M
  9. #9
    Conroe IND SCH DIST 902
    FY 2022 pop. 67,761
    Expenditures $954.6M
    Revenue $825.8M
  10. #10
    Frisco Indep SCH District 905
    FY 2022 pop. 65,825
    Expenditures $914.5M
    Revenue $803.8M
  11. #11
    Plano IND SCH DIST 910
    FY 2022 pop. 49,400
    Expenditures $834.0M
    Revenue $726.6M
  12. #12
    Arlington Independent School
    FY 2022 pop. 56,311
    Expenditures $805.2M
    Revenue $818.0M
  13. #13
    SAN Antonio IND SCH DIST 907
    FY 2022 pop. 44,710
    Expenditures $804.4M
    Revenue $793.9M
  14. #14
    Aldine IND SCH District 902
    FY 2022 pop. 61,633
    Expenditures $797.7M
    Revenue $929.0M
  15. #15
    EL PASO IND SCH DIST 902
    FY 2022 pop. 50,769
    Expenditures $780.8M
    Revenue $719.5M
  16. #16
    Lewisville IND SCH District 902
    FY 2022 pop. 49,205
    Expenditures $757.3M
    Revenue $742.5M
  17. #17
    North EAST IND SCH DIST 910
    FY 2022 pop. 59,830
    Expenditures $749.3M
    Revenue $824.6M
  18. #18
    Round ROCK IND SCH DIST 909
    FY 2022 pop. 47,167
    Expenditures $741.5M
    Revenue $595.4M
  19. #19
    Humble IND SCH DIST 913
    FY 2022 pop. 48,112
    Expenditures $735.2M
    Revenue $640.4M
  20. #20
    Pasadena IND SCH DIST 917
    FY 2022 pop. 49,326
    Expenditures $734.9M
    Revenue $749.4M
  21. #21
    Ysleta IND SCH DIST
    FY 2022 pop. 37,244
    Expenditures $698.0M
    Revenue $575.4M
  22. #22
    Socorro IND SCH District 909
    FY 2022 pop. 47,278
    Expenditures $675.2M
    Revenue $604.0M
  23. #23
    Klein IND SCH DIST 915
    FY 2022 pop. 53,294
    Expenditures $641.6M
    Revenue $699.6M
  24. #24
    Richardson IND SCH District 916
    FY 2022 pop. 37,633
    Expenditures $637.7M
    Revenue $551.3M
  25. #25
    Garland IND SCH DIST 909
    FY 2022 pop. 53,674
    Expenditures $635.3M
    Revenue $716.4M
  26. #26
    Denton IND SCH District 901
    FY 2022 pop. 31,951
    Expenditures $629.3M
    Revenue $473.3M
  27. #27
    Spring Branch IND SCH District 920
    FY 2022 pop. 33,545
    Expenditures $621.4M
    Revenue $547.9M
  28. #28
    Alief IND SCH DIST 903
    FY 2022 pop. 40,664
    Expenditures $619.3M
    Revenue $625.4M
  29. #29
    Lamar CONS IND SCH DIST 901
    FY 2022 pop. 39,579
    Expenditures $606.4M
    Revenue $521.7M
  30. #30
    Killeen IND SCH DIST 906
    FY 2022 pop. 43,882
    Expenditures $596.0M
    Revenue $551.1M
  31. #31
    Leander IND SCH DIST 913
    FY 2022 pop. 41,780
    Expenditures $575.5M
    Revenue $573.9M
  32. #32
    Brownsville IND SCH DIST 901
    FY 2022 pop. 38,448
    Expenditures $567.9M
    Revenue $623.5M
  33. #33
    Mesquite IND SCH District 914
    FY 2022 pop. 38,378
    Expenditures $552.3M
    Revenue $514.2M
  34. #34
    United IND SCH DIST 903
    FY 2022 pop. 39,316
    Expenditures $548.6M
    Revenue $561.5M
  35. #35
    Keller IND SCH DIST 907
    FY 2022 pop. 34,813
    Expenditures $524.8M
    Revenue $442.0M
  36. #36
    Carrollton-farmers BR School DIST 903
    FY 2022 pop. 24,939
    Expenditures $513.9M
    Revenue $371.8M
  37. #37
    Clear Creek IND SCH District 910
    FY 2022 pop. 40,832
    Expenditures $497.3M
    Revenue $497.7M
  38. #38
    Edinburg IND SCH DIST 904
    FY 2022 pop. 32,078
    Expenditures $467.9M
    Revenue $467.2M
  39. #39
    Pharr SAN Juan-alamo IND SCH DIST 909
    FY 2022 pop. 29,250
    Expenditures $466.1M
    Revenue $488.4M
  40. #40
    Corpus Christi SCH DIST 904
    FY 2022 pop. 33,175
    Expenditures $448.2M
    Revenue $450.9M
  41. #41
    Prosper Indep SCH District 912
    FY 2022 pop. 21,780
    Expenditures $444.5M
    Revenue $327.0M
  42. #42
    Midland IND SCH DIST 901
    FY 2022 pop. 26,398
    Expenditures $444.0M
    Revenue $361.5M
  43. #43
    Alvin IND SCH DIST 901
    FY 2022 pop. 28,085
    Expenditures $438.7M
    Revenue $385.4M
  44. #44
    Spring IND SCH DIST 919
    FY 2022 pop. 33,425
    Expenditures $429.5M
    Revenue $478.7M
  45. #45
    Northwest IND SCH District 911
    FY 2022 pop. 27,583
    Expenditures $428.0M
    Revenue $393.7M
  46. #46
    Goose Creek Consolidated Independent School District 911
    FY 2022 pop. 23,908
    Expenditures $425.3M
    Revenue $358.9M
  47. #47
    Irving IND SCH District 912
    FY 2022 pop. 32,378
    Expenditures $416.7M
    Revenue $440.9M
  48. #48
    Mansfield IND SCH DIST 908
    FY 2022 pop. 35,559
    Expenditures $411.0M
    Revenue $459.6M
  49. #49
    LA JOYA IND SCH DIST 912
    FY 2022 pop. 24,163
    Expenditures $395.4M
    Revenue $410.5M
  50. #50
    Amarillo Independent SCH DIST
    FY 2022 pop. 30,866
    Expenditures $395.3M
    Revenue $392.4M
  51. #51
    Pflugerville IND SCH DIST 904
    FY 2022 pop. 25,486
    Expenditures $389.6M
    Revenue $364.1M
  52. #52
    Ector CO IND School District 901
    FY 2022 pop. 31,810
    Expenditures $377.6M
    Revenue $386.0M
  53. #53
    Eagle MT Saginaw IND SCH DIST 918
    FY 2022 pop. 22,464
    Expenditures $367.2M
    Revenue $314.9M
  54. #54
    Comal IND SCH District 902
    FY 2022 pop. 27,288
    Expenditures $361.9M
    Revenue $357.8M
  55. #55
    Laredo IND SCH DIST 901
    FY 2022 pop. 19,757
    Expenditures $359.3M
    Revenue $339.2M
  56. #56
    Lubbock IND SCH DIST 901
    FY 2022 pop. 25,659
    Expenditures $359.1M
    Revenue $354.8M
  57. #57
    Grand Prairie IND SCH District 910
    FY 2022 pop. 27,420
    Expenditures $355.0M
    Revenue $394.9M
  58. #58
    HAYS CONS IND SCH District 906
    FY 2022 pop. 21,405
    Expenditures $342.0M
    Revenue $289.0M
  59. #59
    Allen IND SCH DIST 901
    FY 2022 pop. 21,463
    Expenditures $330.6M
    Revenue $296.1M
  60. #60
    Mckinney IND SCH District 907
    FY 2022 pop. 23,379
    Expenditures $330.0M
    Revenue $340.1M
  61. #61
    Galena PARK IND SCH DIST 910
    FY 2022 pop. 21,431
    Expenditures $324.7M
    Revenue $325.4M
  62. #62
    Mcallen IND SCH DIST 906
    FY 2022 pop. 20,410
    Expenditures $309.8M
    Revenue $354.1M
  63. #63
    Judson IND SCH DIST 916
    FY 2022 pop. 24,536
    Expenditures $308.2M
    Revenue $346.2M
  64. #64
    Birdville IND SCH DIST 902
    FY 2022 pop. 22,505
    Expenditures $304.4M
    Revenue $309.7M
  65. #65
    Forney IND SCH DIST 902
    FY 2022 pop. 14,349
    Expenditures $301.4M
    Revenue $182.7M
  66. #66
    Tomball IND SCH DIST 921
    FY 2022 pop. 20,262
    Expenditures $281.1M
    Revenue $258.7M
  67. #67
    Crowley IND SCH DIST 912
    FY 2022 pop. 16,278
    Expenditures $280.6M
    Revenue $233.5M
  68. #68
    NEW Caney IND SCH 908
    FY 2022 pop. 17,116
    Expenditures $277.9M
    Revenue $251.7M
  69. #69
    DEL Valle IND SCH DIST 910
    FY 2022 pop. 11,078
    Expenditures $267.7M
    Revenue $172.8M
  70. #70
    Wylie IND SCH DIST
    FY 2022 pop. 18,210
    Expenditures $260.1M
    Revenue $241.3M
  71. #71
    Hurst-euless-bedford IND SCH DIST 916
    FY 2022 pop. 22,874
    Expenditures $256.3M
    Revenue $306.2M
  72. #72
    Bryan IND SCH District 902
    FY 2022 pop. 16,035
    Expenditures $251.7M
    Revenue $231.4M
  73. #73
    Grapevine-colleyvlle ISD IND SCHL DIST 906
    FY 2022 pop. 14,013
    Expenditures $251.3M
    Revenue $204.1M
  74. #74
    Tyler IND SCH DIST 905
    FY 2022 pop. 18,148
    Expenditures $242.9M
    Revenue $270.8M
  75. #75
    Cleveland IND SCH DIST 901
    FY 2022 pop. 10,860
    Expenditures $239.7M
    Revenue $154.3M
  76. #76
    Harlingen IND SCH District 903
    FY 2022 pop. 17,037
    Expenditures $238.4M
    Revenue $253.6M
  77. #77
    Pearland IND SCH DIST 908
    FY 2022 pop. 21,007
    Expenditures $234.0M
    Revenue $252.5M
  78. #78
    Barbers HILL IND SCH DIST 902
    FY 2022 pop. 6,818
    Expenditures $222.6M
    Revenue $149.7M
  79. #79
    Abilene IND SCH DIST 901
    FY 2022 pop. 15,426
    Expenditures $221.4M
    Revenue $220.3M
  80. #80
    WACO IND SCH DIST 914
    FY 2022 pop. 14,086
    Expenditures $220.3M
    Revenue $238.0M
  81. #81
    Eanes IND SCH DIST 909
    FY 2022 pop. 7,834
    Expenditures $218.3M
    Revenue $113.4M
  82. #82
    Rockwall IND SCH DIST 901
    FY 2022 pop. 17,926
    Expenditures $218.0M
    Revenue $228.1M
  83. #83
    Brazosport IND SCH District 905
    FY 2022 pop. 11,478
    Expenditures $216.9M
    Revenue $206.1M
  84. #84
    Beaumont IND SCH District 910
    FY 2022 pop. 16,769
    Expenditures $215.7M
    Revenue $245.3M
  85. #85
    Wichita Falls IND SCH District 905
    FY 2022 pop. 13,380
    Expenditures $213.4M
    Revenue $189.5M
  86. #86
    Hallsville IND SCH District 904
    FY 2022 pop. 19,104
    Expenditures $212.6M
    Revenue $203.5M
  87. #87
    Pecos Barstow Toyah IND SCH DIST 901
    FY 2022 pop. 2,671
    Expenditures $211.0M
    Revenue $99.4M
  88. #88
    Coppell IND SCH DIST 922
    FY 2022 pop. 13,131
    Expenditures $209.9M
    Revenue $175.2M
  89. #89
    Southwest Independent SCH DIST
    FY 2022 pop. 13,277
    Expenditures $208.8M
    Revenue $208.5M
  90. #90
    Weslaco IND SCH DIST 913
    FY 2022 pop. 15,639
    Expenditures $206.0M
    Revenue $204.0M
  91. #91
    Highland PARK IND SCH DIST 911
    FY 2022 pop. 6,724
    Expenditures $204.9M
    Revenue $110.2M
  92. #92
    DEER PARK IND SCH DIST 908
    FY 2022 pop. 12,345
    Expenditures $204.3M
    Revenue $204.4M
  93. #93
    Mission IND SCH DIST 908
    FY 2022 pop. 13,990
    Expenditures $202.9M
    Revenue $236.0M
  94. #94
    Waller IND SCH DIST 904
    FY 2022 pop. 8,386
    Expenditures $202.7M
    Revenue $126.7M
  95. #95
    Donna IND SCH DIST 902
    FY 2022 pop. 13,061
    Expenditures $198.3M
    Revenue $198.4M
  96. #96
    Georgetown IND SCH DIST 904
    FY 2022 pop. 12,618
    Expenditures $195.7M
    Revenue $186.3M
  97. #97
    Midlothian IND SCH District 908
    FY 2022 pop. 10,431
    Expenditures $195.6M
    Revenue $158.5M
  98. #98
    LAKE Travis ISD 913
    FY 2022 pop. 11,345
    Expenditures $192.8M
    Revenue $162.0M
  99. #99
    Harlandale IND SCH DIST 904
    FY 2022 pop. 12,080
    Expenditures $192.6M
    Revenue $186.0M
  100. #100
    Dickinson IND SCH District 901
    FY 2022 pop. 11,933
    Expenditures $191.5M
    Revenue $162.2M