Quick Facts

 

Values/Tax Rate

• 2024 Values = $21 billion

• 2024 Average taxable value of residences = $255,398

• 2024 Property tax rate = $0.9689
   

Budget/Staffing

• Operating budget = $233,320,072 million

• Revenue sources: 56% Local / 35% State / 9% Other

• 86% of budget = Payroll

 

Student Enrollment/Growth

23,092 students (as of September 1, 2024)

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Financial Performance

• FIRST rating = Superior Achievement 22 years in a row

• ASBO Certificate of Excellence in Financial Reporting Award 21 years in a row

• GFOA Certificate of Achievement for Excellence in Financial Reporting 21 years in a row

• S&P + Fitch underlying/unenhanced credit rating = AA+ (very strong)

• Enhanced credit rating = AAA (PSF Guarantee)

• www.hebisd.edu > About > Financial Transparency

 

Our Schools

• Elementary Schools - 21 (grades K-6)

  • State based pre-kindergarten offered at all campuses

  • Semester system with 6-week grading periods

• Junior High Schools – 5 (grades 7-9)

  • Semester system with 6-week grading periods

• High Schools – 2 (grades 10-12)

  • Trimester system with 6-week grading periods

• Non-traditional campuses - 3

  • Alternative High School – KEYS High School

  • Buinger Career and Technical Education Academy

 

Our Students

• Limited English Proficient: 21.01%

• Bilingual: 3.77%

• English as a Second Language: 16.65%

• Economically Disadvantaged: 61.50%

• Gifted & Talented: 7.60%

• Special Education: 14.40%

• Hispanic: 32.07%

• Asian: 9.77%

• Pacific Islander: 2.59%

• African American: 21.36%

• Native American: 0.28%

• White: 27.46%

• 2+ Races: 6.52%

• Languages: 65

 

Our Employees

• Total Number of Employees: 2,932

• Teachers: 1,645

• Auxiliary/Support Staff: 527

• Professional/Technology Support: 482

• Campus Administrators: 74

• Central Administrators: 56

• Beginning Teacher Salary: $62,500

• Average Teacher Experience: 12.9 years

 

Student Achievement

• 2024 National Merit Scholarship Program

  • Commended Students: 15​

  • Semifinalists: 5

  • Finalists: 4

• 2024 College Board National Recognition Programs

  • Hispanic Scholars: 35​

  • African American Scholars: 27

  • Indigenous Scholars: 3

• 2024 College Board AP Scholars: 747

• Average SAT score: 972

• Average ACT score: 24.5

• 2024 International Baccalaureate graduates: 129

• Graduation rate: 96.9%

 

Unique HEB ISD Programs and Offerings

• Tuition-Based Pre-K - Formerly known as "Core Knowledge Pre-K", this educational program is offered at Bedford Heights, Meadow Creek, Spring Garden, Trinity Lakes, and Viridian Elementary Schools

• K-12 Strings Program - Suzuki Strings offered on select elementary campuses (grades K-6); Orchestra offered at Central Junior High and L.D. Bell High School

• Spanish Language Immersion - Offered at Bedford Heights, Meadow Creek, and Viridian beginning in first grade

• Elementary World Languages - Arabic and Mandarin offered at Viridian beginning in first grade

• International Business Initiative - Arabic and Mandarin offered at Central Junior High beginning in seventh grade

• International Baccalaureate - A world-class education offered at both L.D. Bell and Trinity High Schools

• Career and Technical Education - State-of-the-art career and technical education offered at the Gene A. Buinger Career and Technical Education Academy

• STEM Schools of Choice Program: Engineering and Robotics - Engages students in real world experiences to develop critical thinking skills, while blending science, technology, engineering, and math practices offered at Central Junior High

• STEM Schools of Choice Program: Cybersecurity and Network Technology - Offered at Hurst Junior High
  beginning in seventh grade

• STEM Schools of Choice Program: Computer Science - Offered at Euless Junior High beginning in seventh grade

• Theater Schools of Choice Program - Offered at Bedford and Harwood Junior High beginning in seventh grade

• Computer Science Schools of Choice Program - Offered at Harrison Lane and Midway Park in grades K-6

• Advanced Spanish Schools of Choice Program - Offered at Bedford and Harwood Junior Highs beginning in seventh grade

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District Awards and Recognition (non-financial)

• International Baccalaureate diploma candidates per school average (65) is more than double the global average (30)

• Best Communities for Music Education - Inclusion in this annual national list 17 times

• #1 District in Texas for Academic Performance and Financial Efficiency as rated by the Education Resource Group for 13 of the last 14 years

• Students earned more than 10,600 career and technical education certifications

• 73% of varsity athletics programs sent teams or individuals to post season

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Fun Facts

• 44 sq. miles

• 127 buses traveled 1,318,784 miles

• 20,581 meals served daily = 3.62 million meals served annually, plus 227,527 snacks for Extended Day Academy.

 

*All information current as of Sep. 1, 2024 unless otherwise indicated