Regular local school district · Navarro County
Dawson ISD, TX: schools, enrollment and spending
Dawson ISD runs 1 public school with 628 students in grades PK to 12. Its ratio of 16.5 students per teacher is 1.4 higher than the Texas figure of 15.1.Listed in NCES data as "DAWSON ISD".
At a glance
- Schools
- 1
- Students
- 628
- Teachers (FTE)
- 38
- Students per teacher
- 16.5
- TX: 15.1 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 199 N School Ave, Dawson, TX 76639
- Phone
- (254)578-1031
- County
- Navarro County
- Locale
- Rural: Remote
- Grades offered
- PK to 12
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 4816380
- State district ID
- TX-175904
- Total staff (FTE)
- 84
- School counselors (FTE)
- 1.0About 628 students per counselor.
- School administrators (FTE)
- 2.0
Students per teacher compared
This district16.5
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 (509), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $8.7 million
- Federal revenue
- $1.1 million
- State revenue
- $4.8 million
- Local revenue
- $2.8 million
- Total spending
- $8.0 million
- Spending per pupil
- $15,705
- Salaries
- $4.4 million55.3% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $7.8 million
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 12.8%
- State: 54.8%
- Local: 32.4%
Texas overall
- Federal: 12.6%
- State: 36.9%
- Local: 50.5%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$15,705
Texas$14,396
United States$16,826
Schools in Dawson ISD
By level: 1 other. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| Dawson PK-12CEP school | Other | PK to 12 | 628 | 16.5 |
Nearby and related
Other districts in Navarro County
- Rice ISD 1,105 students
- Blooming Grove ISD 935 students
- Mildred ISD 838 students
- Kerens ISD 657 students
- Frost ISD 462 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.