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Fort Worth ISD

Fort Worth, Texas · Superintendent: Peter Licata · #9 of 510 Texas districts by enrollment

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70,405
Students
2024-25 school year
137
Schools
2024-25 school year
$11,653
Spending per student
FY2020-21 · 5% above the Texas median
14.9
Students per teacher
2024-25 · Texas median 14.4

Fort Worth ISD is a public school district based in Fort Worth, Texas, serving 70,405 students in 137 schools. By enrollment it ranks #9 of the 510 Texas districts with 1,000 or more students, larger than about 98% of them. Its schools average 514 students each, about the same as the Texas median of 550. Its superintendent is Peter Licata. It spends about $11,653 per student on day-to-day operations, 5% more than the Texas median. It has roughly 14.9 students per teacher. We've matched 43 news stories to the district.

How Fort Worth compares

Fort WorthTexas median, districts with 1,000+ students
Spending per student$11,653
Texas median $11,095 · 5% above · FY2020-21
Instruction spending per student$6,755
Texas median $6,638 · about the same · FY2020-21
Students per school514
Texas median 550 · 7% below · 2024-25
Students per teacher14.9
Texas median 14.4 · about the same · 2024-25
Students per counselor357
Texas median 402 · 11% below · 2024-25

Spending and staffing

Where the money comes from$1.14 billion in revenue · FY2020-21
Federal 17%State 30%Local 54%
MeasureFort WorthTexas medianYear
Current spending per student$11,653$11,095FY2020-21
Instruction spending per student$6,755$6,638FY2020-21
Total spending$1.27 billionn/aFY2020-21
Total revenue$1.14 billionn/aFY2020-21
Teachers (full-time equivalent)4,721n/a2024-25
Total staff (full-time equivalent)9,400n/a2024-25
Students per teacher14.914.42024-25
Students per counselor3574022024-25

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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Peter Licata

Superintendent, Fort Worth ISD

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

In the news

43 stories matched

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 ISDAustin72,272123$12,03814.0#8
Fort Worth ISDFort Worth · this district70,405137$11,65314.9#9
Frisco ISDFrisco65,28977$9,39814.6#10

Similar-size districts nationally

DistrictStudentsSpending per studentStudents per teacher
Davis DistrictFarmington, UT71,428$8,69822.7
Brevard CountyViera, FL71,198$9,62516.1
Fresno UnifiedFresno, CA68,131$15,56519.3
Guilford County SchoolsGreensboro, NC67,620$11,25415.1

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-fort-worth-isd