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Northside ISD

San Antonio, Texas · Superintendent: Jessica Palomares · #4 of 510 Texas districts by enrollment

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100,208
Students
2024-25 school year
128
Schools
2024-25 school year
$9,751
Spending per student
FY2020-21 · 12% below the Texas median
14.2
Students per teacher
2024-25 · Texas median 14.4

Northside ISD is a public school district based in San Antonio, Texas, serving 100,208 students in 128 schools. By enrollment it ranks #4 of the 510 Texas districts with 1,000 or more students, larger than about 99% of them. Its schools average 783 students each, more than the Texas median of 550. Its superintendent is Jessica Palomares. It spends about $9,751 per student on day-to-day operations, 12% less than the Texas median. It has roughly 14.2 students per teacher. We've matched 15 news stories to the district.

How Northside compares

NorthsideTexas median, districts with 1,000+ students
Spending per student$9,751
Texas median $11,095 · 12% below · FY2020-21
Instruction spending per student$6,256
Texas median $6,638 · 6% below · FY2020-21
Students per school783
Texas median 550 · 42% above · 2024-25
Students per teacher14.2
Texas median 14.4 · about the same · 2024-25
Students per counselor336
Texas median 402 · 16% below · 2024-25

Spending and staffing

Where the money comes from$1.22 billion in revenue · FY2020-21
Federal 9%State 25%Local 66%
MeasureNorthsideTexas medianYear
Current spending per student$9,751$11,095FY2020-21
Instruction spending per student$6,256$6,638FY2020-21
Total spending$1.34 billionn/aFY2020-21
Total revenue$1.22 billionn/aFY2020-21
Teachers (full-time equivalent)7,075n/a2024-25
Total staff (full-time equivalent)13,538n/a2024-25
Students per teacher14.214.42024-25
Students per counselor3364022024-25

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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Jessica Palomares

Superintendent, Northside ISD

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

In the news

15 stories matched

Peer districts in Texas

Compare side by side →
DistrictStudentsSchoolsSpending per studentStudents per teacherRank
Cypress-Fairbanks ISDCypress117,92794$10,08115.4#3
Northside ISDSan Antonio · this district100,208128$9,75114.2#4
Katy ISDKaty96,11179$10,29913.9#5
Fort Bend ISDSugar Land79,66383$10,63016.0#6
Conroe ISDConroe72,91467$9,36315.3#7

Similar-size districts nationally

DistrictStudentsSpending per studentStudents per teacher
Cobb CountyMarietta, GA105,738$11,90214.1
School District of Lee CountyFort Myers, FL102,506$9,81520.5
Jefferson County Public SchoolsLouisville, KY95,180$14,93115.2
San Diego UnifiedSan Diego, CA95,175$15,97623.0

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-northside-isd