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BANDERA ISD

Bandera, Texas · Public School District · Open

Key statistics

2,218
Students enrolled
4
Public schools
157
Classroom teachers (FTE)
14.2:1
Students per teacher

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data. School year: 2024-25.

Students

By grade

  • Pre-K 87
  • Kindergarten 124
  • Grade 1 149
  • Grade 2 169
  • Grade 3 156
  • Grade 4 166
  • Grade 5 169
  • Grade 6 177
  • Grade 7 173
  • Grade 8 184
  • Grade 9 181
  • Grade 10 187
  • Grade 11 169
  • Grade 12 127

By race/ethnicity

  • White 59%
  • Hispanic/Latino 37%
  • Two or more races 3%
  • Asian <1%
  • Black or African American <1%
  • American Indian or Alaska Native <1%
  • Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander <1%

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data (fall membership), school year 2024-25. Race/ethnicity as reported by the state.

Free and reduced-price lunch

51% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch 1,126 of 2,218 students in the district's schools
  • Free lunch 46%
  • Reduced-price lunch 5%

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data, school year 2024-25. Eligibility as reported by the state. Schools that serve free meals to every student may count all of them as eligible, so figures are not comparable from state to state.

Spending and revenue

$11,726 spent per student on day-to-day operations Texas median: $13,954 per student

Spending per student

  • Instruction $6,822
  • Support services $4,289
  • Other (food service, etc.) $615

Where the money comes from

  • Local 62%
  • State 24%
  • Federal 13%

Total revenue $33.1 milliontotal spending $29.4 million

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, School District Finance Survey (F-33), school year 2023-24. Day-to-day spending is NCES's current expenditures: it leaves out construction, equipment, debt and payments to charter or private schools. Per student is per fall enrollment of that year.

District details

Grades served

PK to 12

Locale (NCES)

Rural: Distant

Total staff (FTE)

302

District office

815 PECAN ST, Bandera TX 78003

County

Bandera County

Official website

NCES District ID

4809360

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About BANDERA ISD

Description provided by the district or community — not part of the NCES dataset.

Bandera Independent School District is located in Bandera County, approximately 30 minutes northwest of San Antonio on State Highway 16. The mission of the Bandera ISD is to provide ALL students with the opportunity to succeed at their highest levels; academically, ethically, and socially, allowing students to advance successfully throughout their lifetimes. Bandera ISD schools offer a comprehensive, well-balanced standard curriculum as well as programs in vocational, bilingual, gifted and talented, special education, and at-risk categories. It is the District’s philosophy that each child is entitled to the very best education possible, and every child is provided every opportunity to succeed academically. The teamwork among student-teacher-parent is the vital key to attaining this success.
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