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Aldine ISD

Houston, Texas · Superintendent: Dr Latonya Goffney · #12 of 510 Texas districts by enrollment

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56,419
Students
2024-25 school year
80
Schools
2024-25 school year
$11,814
Spending per student
FY2020-21 · 6% above the Texas median
14.4
Students per teacher
2024-25 · Texas median 14.4

Aldine ISD is a public school district based in Houston, Texas, serving 56,419 students in 80 schools. By enrollment it ranks #12 of the 510 Texas districts with 1,000 or more students, larger than about 98% of them. Its schools average 705 students each, more than the Texas median of 550. Its superintendent is Dr Latonya Goffney. It spends about $11,814 per student on day-to-day operations, 6% more than the Texas median. It has roughly 14.4 students per teacher. We've matched 35 news stories to the district.

How Aldine compares

AldineTexas median, districts with 1,000+ students
Spending per student$11,814
Texas median $11,095 · 6% above · FY2020-21
Instruction spending per student$7,496
Texas median $6,638 · 13% above · FY2020-21
Students per school705
Texas median 550 · 28% above · 2024-25
Students per teacher14.4
Texas median 14.4 · about the same · 2024-25
Students per counselor319
Texas median 402 · 21% below · 2024-25

Spending and staffing

Where the money comes from$884.1 million in revenue · FY2020-21
Federal 17%State 49%Local 34%
MeasureAldineTexas medianYear
Current spending per student$11,814$11,095FY2020-21
Instruction spending per student$7,496$6,638FY2020-21
Total spending$818.8 millionn/aFY2020-21
Total revenue$884.1 millionn/aFY2020-21
Teachers (full-time equivalent)3,916n/a2024-25
Total staff (full-time equivalent)9,351n/a2024-25
Students per teacher14.414.42024-25
Students per counselor3194022024-25

Spending: NCES school district finance survey (F-33), FY2020-21. Staffing and enrollment: NCES Common Core of Data, 2024-25. Via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. The Texas median compares districts with 1,000 or more students.

Leadership

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Dr Latonya Goffney

Superintendent, Aldine ISD

Source: Texas Education Agency, AskTED, checked 2026-11-09. Report a change

In the news

35 stories matched

Peer districts in Texas

Compare side by side →
DistrictStudentsSchoolsSpending per studentStudents per teacherRank
North East ISDSan Antonio56,42075$9,98714.2#11
Aldine ISDHouston · this district56,41980$11,81414.4#12
Arlington ISDArlington53,33974$10,33313.8#13
Klein ISDKlein52,43753$9,83414.7#14
Garland ISDGarland51,02169$10,54615.0#15

Similar-size districts nationally

DistrictStudentsSpending per studentStudents per teacher
Howard County Public SchoolsEllicott City, MD57,565$16,71013.5
Mesa Unified District (4235)Mesa, AZ55,821$10,08818.3
Forsyth CountyCumming, GA54,864$10,32115.7
Manatee CountyBradenton, FL54,215$10,48317.4

Peers are the districts closest in enrollment, so they can still differ in many other ways. Enrollment, school counts and phone numbers are from the NCES Common Core of Data, 2024-25.

Printed from Superintendent's Corner: https://superintendentscorner.com/district-tx-aldine-isd