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Houston & Harris County, Texas · Tuesday, Oct 27, 2026
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District scorecards

Harris County's school districts, side by side

Size, the state's grade, what the district taxes and who runs it. Each figure is the latest one a named source published; a blank means none was found, not zero.

DistrictStudentsState ratingTax rate per $100 (2026)Spent per studentCentral office staffTransfers in / outSuperintendentSuperintendent pay
Houston ISD 168,812 2025-26[1] B 2026[2] $0.8421[3] $14,147 2024–25 operating[4] 52.8 full-time equivalent; 0.2% of all staff; campus administrators 858.1, teachers 9,884.8 (2026 report)[5] 323 / 60,709 2025-2026[6] Mike Miles (appointed by TEA)[7] $462,000 base 2025-26[8]
Cypress-Fairbanks ISD 114,697 2025-26[1] B 2026[9] $1.1569 M&O 0.7869 + debt 0.37[10] $11,194 2024–25 operating[4] 101.1 full-time equivalent; 0.6% of all staff; campus administrators 415.1, teachers 7,568.6 (2026 report)[5] 1,106 / 8,119 2025-2026[6] Doug Killian[9] $520,231 total pay 2025-26[11]
Katy ISD 94,589 2023-24[12] B 2026[2] $1.1171 M&O 0.7271 + debt 0.3900[13] $12,333 2024–25 operating[4] 54.0 full-time equivalent; 0.4% of all staff; campus administrators 410.7, teachers 6,933.5 (2026 report)[5] 1,148 / 5,205 2025-2026[6] Ken Gregorski[11] $474,440 total pay 2025-26[11]
Aldine ISD 52,161 2025-26[1] C 2026[2] $1.0144 M&O 0.7119 + debt 0.3025[14] $14,888 2024–25 operating[4] 110.0 full-time equivalent; 1.2% of all staff; campus administrators 251.0, teachers 3,826.7 (2026 report)[5] 1,071 / 7,684 2025-2026[6] LaTonya Goffney[15]
Alief ISD 36,441 2025-26[1] C 2026[2] $14,546 2024–25 operating[4] 81.8 full-time equivalent; 1.4% of all staff; campus administrators 141.1, teachers 2,568.1 (2026 report)[5] 484 / 10,706 2025-2026[6] Anthony Mays[16]
Spring Branch ISD 33,338 2023-24[12] B 2026[2] $1.05630 M&O 0.71180 + debt 0.34450[17] $12,766 2024–25 operating[4] 48.0 full-time equivalent; 1.1% of all staff; campus administrators 129.0, teachers 2,374.1 (2026 report)[5] 559 / 1,033 2025-2026[6] Jennifer Blaine[18]
Klein ISD 52,927 2023-24[12] B 2026[2] $1.0119[19] $11,909 2024–25 operating[4] 32.0 full-time equivalent; 0.4% of all staff; campus administrators 227.0, teachers 3,630.5 (2026 report)[5] 984 / 3,118 2025-2026[6] Jenny McGown[11] $508,554 total pay 2025-26[11]
Spring ISD 33,912 2023-24[12] C 2026[2] $1.1569[20] $12,166 2024–25 operating[4] 19.0 full-time equivalent; 0.4% of all staff; campus administrators 141.6, teachers 2,018.2 (2026 report)[5] 88 / 6,383 2025-2026[6] Kregg Cuellar[21] $276,171 total pay 2025-26[11]
Pasadena ISD 44,146 2025-26[1] B 2026[2] $14,296 2024–25 operating[4] 107.0 full-time equivalent; 1.4% of all staff; campus administrators 227.0, teachers 3,284.9 (2026 report)[5] 1,315 / 6,472 2025-2026[6] Toni Lopez[22]
Galena Park ISD 21,089 2023-24[12] B 2026[2] $13,689 2024–25 operating[4] 55.0 full-time equivalent; 1.7% of all staff; campus administrators 86.0, teachers 1,396.5 (2026 report)[5] 1,677 / 866 2025-2026[6] John Moore[23]
Goose Creek CISD 24,010 2023-24[12] B 2026[2] $13,066 2024–25 operating[4] 83.0 full-time equivalent; 2.3% of all staff; campus administrators 154.0, teachers 1,498.3 (2026 report)[5] 147 / 1,089 2025-2026[6] Joe Rodriguez[24]
Humble ISD 48,267 2023-24[12] B 2026[2] $1.1052 M&O 0.7552 + debt 0.3500[25] $12,249 2024–25 operating[4] 93.0 full-time equivalent; 1.4% of all staff; campus administrators 165.0, teachers 3,422.1 (2026 report)[5] 669 / 1,680 2025-2026[6] Roger Brown[26] $335,000 base 2025 contract[26]
Tomball ISD 22,169 2023-24[12] A 2026[2] $11,307 2024–25 operating[4] 32.1 full-time equivalent; 1.1% of all staff; campus administrators 101.5, teachers 1,491.4 (2026 report)[5] 615 / 677 2025-2026[6] Martha Salazar-Zamora[27]
Clear Creek ISD 39,960 2023-24[12] B 2026[2] $0.969[28] $11,314 2024–25 operating[4] 30.5 full-time equivalent; 0.6% of all staff; campus administrators 231.0, teachers 2,545.4 (2026 report)[5] 648 / 1,315 2025-2026[6] Karen Engle[29]
Sheldon ISD 10,995 2023-24[12] C 2026[2] $1.2552 M&O 0.7552 + debt 0.50[30] $14,100 2024–25 operating[4] 24.0 full-time equivalent; 1.5% of all staff; campus administrators 80.9, teachers 680.5 (2026 report)[5] 341 / 1,267 2025-2026[6] Demetrius McCall[31]
Channelview ISD 9,429 2023-24[12] B 2026[32] $0.9611[33] $13,397 2024–25 operating[4] 17.0 full-time equivalent; 1.2% of all staff; campus administrators 57.6, teachers 581.8 (2026 report)[5] 252 / 780 2025-2026[6] Tory C. Hill[32]
Crosby ISD 6,854 2023-24[12] B 2026[2] $11,054 2024–25 operating[4] 10.0 full-time equivalent; 1.3% of all staff; campus administrators 25.6, teachers 408.8 (2026 report)[5] 71 / 353 2025-2026[6] Paula Patterson[34]
Huffman ISD 3,675 2023-24[12] C 2026[2] $1.0637[35] $12,673 2024–25 operating[4] 4.0 full-time equivalent; 0.8% of all staff; campus administrators 15.0, teachers 243.3 (2026 report)[5] 72 / 143 2025-2026[6] Angeles Perez (interim)[36]
Deer Park ISD 12,082 2023-24[12] B 2026[2] $13,524 2024–25 operating[4] 28.0 full-time equivalent; 1.4% of all staff; campus administrators 53.0, teachers 852.3 (2026 report)[5] 2,487 / 458 2025-2026[6] Tiffany Regan[12]
La Porte ISD 7,102 2023-24[12] $1.0673 M&O 0.7954 + debt [37] $13,222 2024–25 operating[4] 28.0 full-time equivalent; 2.5% of all staff; campus administrators 30.0, teachers 467.0 (2026 report)[5] 275 / 1,330 2025-2026[6] Walter Jackson[38]

Ratings are the Texas Education Agency's A–F district ratings. Tax rates are the total adopted rate (maintenance and operations plus debt service) per $100 of taxable value. Spending per student is TEA's operating expenditures per student from its financial data; central office staff is TEA's count of central administrative full-time equivalents; transfers are students TEA counts transferring into and out of each district, where counts under five are masked by TEA and not added in. These three are read from TEA's files on the site's timer.

Sources

  1. Texas 2036, Enrollment Report 2026 (TEA data, 2025-26), May 2026.
  2. FOX 26 Houston, "2026 TEA accountability ratings: Houston-area school districts", August 14, 2026.
  3. Community Impact, "Houston ISD board of managers approves tax rate for FY 2026-27", October 9, 2026.
  4. Texas Education Agency, PEIMS actual financial data, district summary spreadsheet, read automatically.
  5. Texas Education Agency, Texas Academic Performance Report, district staff information, read automatically.
  6. Texas Education Agency, district transfer reports, read automatically.
  7. Texas Education Agency, "TEA names new Houston ISD superintendent and appoints Board of Managers", June 1, 2023.
  8. ABC13, "HISD board approves 5-year contract extension for Mike Miles with $82K raise", June 13, 2025.
  9. Community Impact, "Cy-Fair ISD maintains 'B' accountability rating from the TEA", August 17, 2026.
  10. Cy-Fair ISD, Proposition A (VATRE).
  11. Community Impact, "DATA: See which teachers, superintendents were paid the most across the Greater Houston area in 2025-26" (TEA superintendent salary report), April 16, 2026.
  12. The Texas Tribune, Public Schools Explorer (TEA data, 2023-24).
  13. My Neighborhood News, "Katy ISD keeps tax rate unchanged for third straight year", September 21, 2026.
  14. Aldine ISD, "Aldine ISD Board of Trustees approves 2026-27 tax rate at September board meeting", September 21, 2026.
  15. Aldine ISD, district news naming Superintendent LaTonya Goffney, February 23, 2026.
  16. Alief ISD, Superintendent's Suite.
  17. Spring Branch ISD, "SBISD Trustees Adopt 2026-2027 Tax Rate", September 29, 2026.
  18. Spring Branch ISD, board extends Dr. Jennifer Blaine's contract through 2031.
  19. Community Impact, "Klein ISD maintains flat tax rate", October 6, 2026.
  20. Spring ISD, "Spring ISD Board of Trustees calls Voter-Approval Tax Rate Election for Nov. 3 ballot", August 19, 2026.
  21. Community Impact, "New superintendent officially hired for Spring ISD", September 12, 2025.
  22. Pasadena ISD, Superintendent.
  23. Galena Park ISD, Superintendent's Corner, July 31, 2026.
  24. The Baytown Sun, "Goose Creek CISD board unanimously approves Joe Rodriguez as new superintendent".
  25. Community Impact, "Humble ISD trustees approve flat tax rate for FY 2026-27", September 9, 2026.
  26. Community Impact, "Humble ISD trustees appoint Roger Brown to serve as district's superintendent", January 8, 2025.
  27. Tomball ISD, "Superintendent Dr. Martha Salazar-Zamora named 2026 TALAS Superintendent of the Year", June 23, 2026.
  28. Community Impact, "Clear Creek ISD approves FY 2026-27 tax rate, unchanged from previous two years", September 30, 2026.
  29. Clear Creek ISD, Leadership.
  30. Sheldon ISD, Truth-in-Taxation Information.
  31. Sheldon ISD, Superintendent.
  32. Channelview ISD, "CISD B Rated District", August 14, 2026.
  33. Channelview ISD, Tax Impact.
  34. Crosby ISD, Superintendent, September 23, 2026.
  35. Huffman ISD, VATRE 2026.
  36. Huffman ISD, Office of the Superintendent, September 22, 2026.
  37. La Porte ISD, VATRE FAQs.
  38. La Porte ISD, Leadership.

Checked against these sources on October 19, 2026.

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