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Arlington, TX public schools

Enrollment, school count, staffing and per-pupil spending for Arlington Isd — federal education data, not a star rating.

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Quick answer

Arlington Isd is the primary public district for Arlington, TX. It enrolls 56,167 students in 75 schools with 3,860 full-time-equivalent teachers, and spends $13,733 per pupil, 21% below the $17,320 median across the metros covered here.

Students enrolled
56,167NCES Common Core of Data, 2021-22
Schools in the district
75Operating school count
Students per teacher
14.6Enrollment ÷ FTE teachers, not class size
Spending per pupil
$13,733Total current expenditure, FY2020

Who pays for schools in Arlington

Where the district's money comes from, FY2020.

Local revenue
61.3%
$450,491,000
State revenue
29.7%
$218,395,000
Federal revenue
9%
$66,164,000

Local revenue is mostly property tax, which is why the Arlington property tax rate and school funding move together. Of every dollar spent, about 47 cents reaches instruction — teacher salaries, benefits and classroom materials — with the rest covering transport, buildings, food service and administration.

Reading the Arlington numbers

What the 2021-22 NCES and FY2020 Census finance numbers say about this district.

$13,733 per pupil is 21% below the $17,320 metro median; only 23% of tracked districts spend less. Only 47 cents of each dollar ($6,507 per student) is classified as instruction, so a large share goes to support services, facilities and transport — common in districts with long bus routes or older buildings.

Money is raised locally: 61.3% of revenue comes from local sources — overwhelmingly property tax — against 29.7% from the state. That makes the district's budget move with Arlington property values and levy votes rather than with the TX legislature. Federal aid contributes 9%, near the typical share for a large urban district.

56,167 students across 75 schools averages 749 students per building, and the district is larger than the typical district covered here (44,998 students). The 14.6:1 student-to-teacher ratio is ordinary for this set of districts (median 15.2:1). It counts all FTE teachers district-wide, so actual class sizes run higher.

What this data covers

Read this before comparing districts.

Figures cover Arlington Isd (LEAID 4808700) as one unit, not any single school in Arlington. Independently authorised charter schools, private schools and regional vocational programs are counted separately by NCES and are not in these totals. Enrollment is the 2021-22 NCES collection; dollars are the FY2020 Census F-33 survey, the latest complete national release. The two years differ, so per-pupil spending is a stable indicator rather than a live budget line.

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Source: NCES Common Core of Data + Census F-33, via Urban Institute Education Data · rates as published for 2021-22 / FY2020

NCES LEAID 4808700. Finance figures are Census Annual Survey of School System Finances (F-33) totals as redistributed by the Urban Institute Education Data API.