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Values/Tax Rate

  • 2025 Total taxable values = $20.3 billion
  • 2025 Average taxable value of residences = $213,206
  • 2025 Proposed property tax rate = $1.0289

Budget/Staffing

  • Operating budget = $250,549,670
  • Revenue sources: 52% Local / 44% State / 4% Other
  • 86% of budget = Payroll

Student Enrollment/Growth

23,183 students (as of September 1, 2025)

Financial Performance

  • FIRST rating = Superior Achievement 23 years in a row
  • ASBO Certificate of Excellence in Financial Reporting Award 22 years in a row
  • GFOA Certificate of Achievement for Excellence in Financial Reporting 22 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
    • Collegiate Academy of HEB ISD

Our Students

  • Emergent Bilingual: 24.5%
  • Bilingual: 3.84%
  • English as a Second Language: 17.92%
  • Economically Disadvantaged: 59.10%
  • Gifted & Talented: 7.76%
  • Special Education: 15.03%
  • Hispanic: 32.17%
  • Asian: 9.74%
  • Pacific Islander: 2.58%
  • African American: 21.54%
  • Native American: 0.23%
  • White: 27.35%
  • 2+ Races: 6.43%
  • Languages: 75

Our Employees

  • Total Number of Employees: 3,065
  • Teachers: 1,499
  • Auxiliary Services: 610
  • Paraprofessionals: 493              
  • Professional Support: 294
  • Technology Support: 58
  • Campus Administrators: 78
  • District Administrators: 36
  • Beginning Teacher Salary: $65,000
  • Average Teacher Experience: 12.5 years

Student Achievement

  • National Merit Scholarship Program
    • Commended Students: 14
    • Semifinalists: 6
  • College Board National Recognition Program Scholars:142
  • College Board AP Scholars: 719
    • AP Scholar: 332
    • AP Scholar with Honor: 148
    • AP Scholar with Distinction: 239
  • Average SAT score: 986
  • Average ACT score: 24.1
  • International Baccalaureate graduates: 150
  • Graduation rate: 96.9%

Unique HEB ISD Programs and Offerings

  • High-Quality Pre-Kindergarten - Full-day pre-k is offered through schools across the district based on eligibility standards set by the state. A limited number of tuition-based pre-k spaces are also available at select 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 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
  • Elementary Computer Science 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 (75) is more than double the global average (31)
  • Best Communities for Music Education - Inclusion in this annual national list 18 times
  • #1 District in Texas for Academic Performance and Financial Efficiency as rated by the Education Resource Group for 14 of the last 15 years
  • Students earned more than 10,540 career and technical education certifications
  • In one of the most competitive UIL districts in the state, half of varsity athletics programs sent teams to postseason competition

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 2025, based on most recently reported data.