Regular local school district · Matagorda County
Bay City ISD, TX: schools, enrollment and spending
Bay City ISD runs 5 public schools with 3,473 students in grades PK to 12. Its ratio of 18.4 students per teacher is 3.3 higher than the Texas figure of 15.1.Listed in NCES data as "BAY CITY ISD".
At a glance
- Schools
- 5
- Students
- 3,473
- Teachers (FTE)
- 189
- Students per teacher
- 18.4
- TX: 15.1 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 520 7th St, Bay City, TX 77414
- Phone
- (979)401-1005
- County
- Matagorda County
- Locale
- Town: Distant
- Grades offered
- PK to 12
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 4809630
- State district ID
- TX-158901
- Total staff (FTE)
- 465
- School counselors (FTE)
- 8.0About 434 students per counselor.
- School administrators (FTE)
- 12.0
Students per teacher compared
This district18.4
Texas15.1
United States15.3
2020 finance data
From the F-33 School District Finance Survey for fiscal year 2020, in nominal dollars. Enrollment used for per-pupil figures is the finance survey count (3,536), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $49.7 million
- Federal revenue
- $6.2 million
- State revenue
- $20.3 million
- Local revenue
- $23.3 million
- Total spending
- $68.3 million
- Spending per pupil
- $19,304
- Salaries
- $26.9 million39.4% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $129.0 million
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 12.4%
- State: 40.8%
- Local: 46.8%
Texas overall
- Federal: 12.6%
- State: 36.9%
- Local: 50.5%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$19,304
Texas$14,396
United States$16,826
Schools in Bay City ISD
By level: 1 high, 1 middle, 3 elementary. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| Bay City High SchoolCEP school | High | 9 to 12 | 1,042 | 16.3 |
| Bay City J HCEP school | Middle | 6 to 8 | 750 | 19.7 |
| Cherry ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | PK to K | 432 | 18.0 |
| Roberts ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | 1 to 2 | 486 | 19.4 |
| Tenie Holmes ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | 3 to 5 | 763 | 21.8 |
Nearby and related
Other districts in Matagorda County
- Palacios ISD 1,265 students
- Tidehaven ISD 1,065 students
- Van Vleck ISD 1,039 students
- Matagorda ISD 109 students
More in Texas
Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 and F-33 finance 2020, via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. Last reviewed October 2026. Finance figures are 2020 finance data in nominal dollars, not adjusted for inflation. Blank values are not available, not applicable or suppressed in the source. See the methodology.