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GALVESTON ISD

Galveston, Texas · Public School District · Open

Key statistics

6,383
Students enrolled
11
Public schools
441
Classroom teachers (FTE)
14.5:1
Students per teacher

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

Students

By grade

  • Pre-K 439
  • Kindergarten 417
  • Grade 1 432
  • Grade 2 465
  • Grade 3 468
  • Grade 4 462
  • Grade 5 440
  • Grade 6 430
  • Grade 7 392
  • Grade 8 438
  • Grade 9 565
  • Grade 10 551
  • Grade 11 477
  • Grade 12 407

By race/ethnicity

  • Hispanic/Latino 48%
  • White 24%
  • Black or African American 23%
  • Two or more races 3%
  • Asian 2%
  • 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

78% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch 4,948 of 6,378 students in the 10 of its 11 schools that report
  • Free lunch 77%
  • Reduced-price lunch <1%

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

$13,797 spent per student on day-to-day operations Texas median: $13,954 per student

Spending per student

  • Instruction $7,685
  • Support services $5,289
  • Other (food service, etc.) $823

Where the money comes from

  • Local 78%
  • State 7%
  • Federal 16%

Total revenue $121.9 milliontotal spending $200.2 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)

City: SmallStudents: 98% city, 2% rural

Total staff (FTE)

996

District office

3904 AVE T, Galveston TX 77550

County

Galveston County

Official website

NCES District ID

4820280

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About GALVESTON ISD

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

The City of Galveston governed Galveston Schools until 1949 when the Texas Legislature established the Galveston Independent School District (“GISD”). GISD is located in Galveston County and covers 94.82 square miles, including all of Galveston and a portion of the Bolivar Peninsula. The School District is fully accredited by the Texas Education Agency, and the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools also accredits Ball High School. Mission: “Excellence in education for ALL students”
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