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Dallas ISD

Dallas, Texas · Superintendent: Stephanie Elizalde · #2 of 510 Texas districts by enrollment

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139,802
Students
2024-25 school year
239
Schools
2024-25 school year
$12,240
Spending per student
FY2020-21 · 10% above the Texas median
14.9
Students per teacher
2024-25 · Texas median 14.4

Dallas ISD is a public school district based in Dallas, Texas, serving 139,802 students in 239 schools. By enrollment it ranks #2 of the 510 Texas districts with 1,000 or more students, larger than about 100% of them. Its schools average 585 students each, about the same as the Texas median of 550. Its superintendent is Stephanie Elizalde. It spends about $12,240 per student on day-to-day operations, 10% more than the Texas median. It has roughly 14.9 students per teacher. We've matched 43 news stories to the district.

How Dallas compares

DallasTexas median, districts with 1,000+ students
Spending per student$12,240
Texas median $11,095 · 10% above · FY2020-21
Instruction spending per student$6,771
Texas median $6,638 · about the same · FY2020-21
Students per school585
Texas median 550 · 6% above · 2024-25
Students per teacher14.9
Texas median 14.4 · about the same · 2024-25
Students per counselor342
Texas median 402 · 15% below · 2024-25

Spending and staffing

Where the money comes from$2.21 billion in revenue · FY2020-21
Federal 16%State 9%Local 75%
MeasureDallasTexas medianYear
Current spending per student$12,240$11,095FY2020-21
Instruction spending per student$6,771$6,638FY2020-21
Total spending$2.42 billionn/aFY2020-21
Total revenue$2.21 billionn/aFY2020-21
Teachers (full-time equivalent)9,391n/a2024-25
Total staff (full-time equivalent)20,295n/a2024-25
Students per teacher14.914.42024-25
Students per counselor3424022024-25

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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Stephanie Elizalde

Superintendent, Dallas ISD

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

In the news

43 stories matched

Peer districts in Texas

Compare side by side →
DistrictStudentsSchoolsSpending per studentStudents per teacherRank
Houston ISDHouston176,727274$10,44616.1#1
Dallas ISDDallas · this district139,802239$12,24014.9#2
Cypress-Fairbanks ISDCypress117,92794$10,08115.4#3
Northside ISDSan Antonio100,208128$9,75114.2#4
Katy ISDKaty96,11179$10,29913.9#5

Similar-size districts nationally

DistrictStudentsSpending per studentStudents per teacher
Montgomery County Public SchoolsRockville, MD159,181$17,75313.8
Charlotte-Mecklenburg SchoolsCharlotte, NC147,299$10,53416.5
Prince George's County Public SchoolsUpper Marlboro, MD132,123$17,15514.1
Duval County Public SchoolsJacksonville, FL130,054$10,09719.1

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-dallas-isd