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Arlington ISD

Arlington, Texas · Superintendent: Dr Matt Smith · #13 of 510 Texas districts by enrollment

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53,339
Students
2024-25 school year
74
Schools
2024-25 school year
$10,333
Spending per student
FY2020-21 · 7% below the Texas median
13.8
Students per teacher
2024-25 · Texas median 14.4

Arlington ISD is a public school district based in Arlington, Texas, serving 53,339 students in 74 schools. By enrollment it ranks #13 of the 510 Texas districts with 1,000 or more students, larger than about 98% of them. Its schools average 721 students each, more than the Texas median of 550. Its superintendent is Dr Matt Smith. It spends about $10,333 per student on day-to-day operations, 7% less than the Texas median. It has roughly 13.8 students per teacher. We've matched 16 news stories to the district.

How Arlington compares

ArlingtonTexas median, districts with 1,000+ students
Spending per student$10,333
Texas median $11,095 · 7% below · FY2020-21
Instruction spending per student$6,507
Texas median $6,638 · about the same · FY2020-21
Students per school721
Texas median 550 · 31% above · 2024-25
Students per teacher13.8
Texas median 14.4 · about the same · 2024-25
Students per counselor340
Texas median 402 · 15% below · 2024-25

Spending and staffing

Where the money comes from$735.0 million in revenue · FY2020-21
Federal 9%State 30%Local 61%
MeasureArlingtonTexas medianYear
Current spending per student$10,333$11,095FY2020-21
Instruction spending per student$6,507$6,638FY2020-21
Total spending$780.6 millionn/aFY2020-21
Total revenue$735.0 millionn/aFY2020-21
Teachers (full-time equivalent)3,876n/a2024-25
Total staff (full-time equivalent)8,169n/a2024-25
Students per teacher13.814.42024-25
Students per counselor3404022024-25

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 Matt Smith

Superintendent, Arlington ISD

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

In the news

16 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 ISDHouston56,41980$11,81414.4#12
Arlington ISDArlington · this district53,33974$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
Manatee CountyBradenton, FL54,215$10,48317.4
Omaha Public SchoolsOmaha, NE52,524$14,66516.7
Winston Salem / Forsyth County SchoolsWinston Salem, NC52,430$10,62614.2
St. Johns CountySt Augustine, FL52,324$8,77118.4

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-arlington-isd