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Austin ISD

Austin, Texas · Superintendent: Matias Segura · #8 of 510 Texas districts by enrollment

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72,272
Students
2024-25 school year
123
Schools
2024-25 school year
$12,038
Spending per student
FY2020-21 · 8% above the Texas median
14.0
Students per teacher
2024-25 · Texas median 14.4

Austin ISD is a public school district based in Austin, Texas, serving 72,272 students in 123 schools. By enrollment it ranks #8 of the 510 Texas districts with 1,000 or more students, larger than about 99% of them. Its schools average 588 students each, about the same as the Texas median of 550. Its superintendent is Matias Segura. It spends about $12,038 per student on day-to-day operations, 8% more than the Texas median. It has roughly 14.0 students per teacher. We've matched 40 news stories to the district.

How Austin compares

AustinTexas median, districts with 1,000+ students
Spending per student$12,038
Texas median $11,095 · 8% above · FY2020-21
Instruction spending per student$6,651
Texas median $6,638 · about the same · FY2020-21
Students per school588
Texas median 550 · 7% above · 2024-25
Students per teacher14.0
Texas median 14.4 · about the same · 2024-25
Students per counselor341
Texas median 402 · 15% below · 2024-25

Spending and staffing

Where the money comes from$1.63 billion in revenue · FY2020-21
Federal 7%State 5%Local 88%
MeasureAustinTexas medianYear
Current spending per student$12,038$11,095FY2020-21
Instruction spending per student$6,651$6,638FY2020-21
Total spending$2.00 billionn/aFY2020-21
Total revenue$1.63 billionn/aFY2020-21
Teachers (full-time equivalent)5,176n/a2024-25
Total staff (full-time equivalent)10,805n/a2024-25
Students per teacher14.014.42024-25
Students per counselor3414022024-25

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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Matias Segura

Superintendent, Austin ISD

Source: Texas Education Agency, AskTED, checked 2026-10-19. Report a change

In the news

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Peer districts in Texas

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DistrictStudentsSchoolsSpending per studentStudents per teacherRank
Fort Bend ISDSugar Land79,66383$10,63016.0#6
Conroe ISDConroe72,91467$9,36315.3#7
Austin ISDAustin · this district72,272123$12,03814.0#8
Fort Worth ISDFort Worth70,405137$11,65314.9#9
Frisco ISDFrisco65,28977$9,39814.6#10

Similar-size districts nationally

DistrictStudentsSpending per studentStudents per teacher
AlbuquerqueAlbuquerque, NM74,792$11,98712.1
Jeffco Public SchoolsGolden, CO73,532$11,41916.7
Davis DistrictFarmington, UT71,428$8,69822.7
Brevard CountyViera, FL71,198$9,62516.1

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-austin-isd