- Hurst Euless Bedford Independent School District
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Values/Tax Rate
- 2023 Values = $20.1 billion
- 2023 Average taxable value of residences = $233,634
- 2023 Property tax rate = $0.9211
Budget/Staffing
- Operating budget = $218,676,959
- Revenue sources: 60% Local / 34% State / 6% Other
- 86% of budget = Payroll
Student Enrollment/Growth
23,105 students (as of September 1, 2023)
Financial Performance
- FIRST rating = Superior Achievement 21 years in a row
- ASBO Certificate of Excellence in Financial Reporting Award 20 years in a row
- GFOA Certificate of Achievement for Excellence in Financial Reporting 20 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 - 2
- Alternative High School – KEYS High School
- Buinger Career and Technical Education Academy
Our Students
- Emergent Bilingual: 21.95%
- Bilingual: 3.38%
- English as a Second Language: 17.15%
- Economically Disadvantaged: 60.78%
- Gifted & Talented: 6.82%
- Special Education: 13.23%
- Hispanic: 31.01%
- Asian: 8.99%
- Pacific Islander: 2.69%
- African American: 21.50%
- Native American: 0.29%
- White: 29.23%
- 2+ Races: 6.29%
- Languages: 68
Our Employees
- Total Number of Employees: 3,112
- Teachers: 1,636
- Auxiliary/Support Staff: 519
- Paraprofessionals: 491
- Professional/Technology Support: 337
- Campus Administrators: 73
- Central Administrators: 56
- Beginning Teacher Salary: $61,500
- Average Teacher Experience: 11.8 years
Student Achievement
- 2023 National Merit Semifinalists: 2
- 2023 National Hispanic Scholars: 19
- 2023 National Merit Commended: 21
- 2022 Average SAT score: 980
- 2022 Average ACT score: 22.5
- 2022 International Baccalaureate graduates: 101
- 2021 graduation rate: 97.7%
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 beginning in grades K-6
District Awards and Recognition (non-financial)
- International Baccalaureate diploma rate (90%) exceeds global average (86%).
- 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 8,871 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
- 20,260 meals served daily = 3.57 million meals served annually, plus 177,524 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
www.hebisd.edu※ Information current as of September 2023, based on most recently reported data.