Regular local school district · Nueces County
Bishop CISD, TX: schools, enrollment and spending
Bishop CISD runs 5 public schools with 1,463 students in grades PK to 12. Its ratio of 14.5 students per teacher is about the same as the Texas figure of 15.1.Listed in NCES data as "BISHOP CISD".
At a glance
- Schools
- 5
- Students
- 1,463
- Teachers (FTE)
- 101
- Students per teacher
- 14.5
- TX: 15.1 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 719 E Sixth St, Bishop, TX 78343
- Phone
- (361)584-3591
- County
- Nueces County
- Locale
- Rural: Distant
- Grades offered
- PK to 12
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 4810260
- State district ID
- TX-178902
- Total staff (FTE)
- 196
- School counselors (FTE)
- 5.0About 293 students per counselor.
- School administrators (FTE)
- 8.0
Students per teacher compared
This district14.5
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 (1,556), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $23.5 million
- Federal revenue
- $2.3 million
- State revenue
- $10.0 million
- Local revenue
- $11.3 million
- Total spending
- $20.1 million
- Spending per pupil
- $12,929
- Salaries
- $10.9 million54.2% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $28.1 million
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 9.7%
- State: 42.3%
- Local: 48.0%
Texas overall
- Federal: 12.6%
- State: 36.9%
- Local: 50.5%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$12,929
Texas$14,396
United States$16,826
Schools in Bishop CISD
By level: 1 high, 1 middle, 3 elementary. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| Bishop ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | 3 to 5 | 232 | 16.6 |
| Bishop High SchoolCEP school | High | 9 to 12 | 533 | 14.4 |
| Bishop PriCEP school | Elementary | PK to 2 | 258 | 18.4 |
| Lillion E Luehrs J HCEP school | Middle | 6 to 8 | 330 | 12.7 |
| Petronila ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 110 | 15.7 |
Nearby and related
Other districts in Nueces County
- Corpus Christi ISD 33,103 students
- Flour Bluff ISD 5,559 students
- Calallen ISD 3,745 students
- Tuloso-Midway ISD 3,671 students
- Robstown ISD 2,570 students
- London ISD 1,808 students
- West Oso ISD 1,778 students
- Banquete ISD 744 students
- Port Aransas ISD 585 students
- Agua Dulce ISD 421 students
- Seashore Charter Schools 405 students
- Driscoll ISD 398 students
- Dr M L Garza-Gonzalez Charter School 147 students
- Corpus Christi Montessori School 139 students
- Reg 2 Education Service Center
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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.