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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
  • Revenue sources: 56% Local / 35% State / 9% Other
  • 86% of budget = Payroll

Student Enrollment/Growth

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

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)
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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 - 2
    • Alternative High School – KEYS High School
    • Buinger Career and Technical Education Academy

Our Students

  • Emergent Bilingual: 21.01%
  • Bilingual: 3.77%
  • English as a Second Language: 16.65%
  • Economically Disadvantaged: 61.50%
  • Gifted & Talented: 7.6%
  • Special Education: 14.4%
  • 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
  • Paraprofessionals: 482
  • Professional/Technology Support: 146
  • Campus Administrators: 74
  • Central Administrators: 56
  • Beginning Teacher Salary: $62,500
  • Average Teacher Experience: 12.9 years

Student Achievement

  • National Merit Scholarship Program
    • Commended Students: 15
    • Semifinalists: 5
    • Finalists: 4
  • College Board National Recognition Programs
    • Hispanic Scholars: 35
    • African American Scholars: 27
    • Indigenous Scholars: 3
  • College Board AP Scholars: 747
  • Average SAT score: 972
  • Average ACT score: 24.5
  • 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

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

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.

Contacts

Public Relations and Marketing Department: 817-399-2025
Deanne Hullender, Chief Public Relations & Marketing Officer, DeanneHullender@hebisd.edu
1849 Central Drive, Bedford, TX 76022

※ Information current as of September 2024, based on most recently reported data.