Regular local school district · Lee County
Dime Box ISD, TX: schools, enrollment and spending
Dime Box ISD runs 1 public school with 156 students in grades PK to 12. Its ratio of 9.8 students per teacher is 5.3 lower than the Texas figure of 15.1.Listed in NCES data as "DIME BOX ISD".
At a glance
- Schools
- 1
- Students
- 156
- Teachers (FTE)
- 16
- Students per teacher
- 9.8
- TX: 15.1 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 1079 Stephen F Austin Blvd, Dime Box, TX 77853
- Phone
- (979)884-3366
- County
- Lee County
- Locale
- Rural: Remote
- Grades offered
- PK to 12
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 4817130
- State district ID
- TX-144903
- Total staff (FTE)
- 28
- School counselors (FTE)
- 0.0
- School administrators (FTE)
- 1.0
Students per teacher compared
This district9.8
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 (160), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $2.8 million
- Federal revenue
- $202,000
- State revenue
- $695,000
- Local revenue
- $1.9 million
- Total spending
- $5.4 million
- Spending per pupil
- $33,719
- Salaries
- $1.4 million25.7% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $2.9 million
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 7.3%
- State: 25.0%
- Local: 67.8%
Texas overall
- Federal: 12.6%
- State: 36.9%
- Local: 50.5%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$33,719
Texas$14,396
United States$16,826
Schools in Dime Box ISD
By level: 1 other. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| Dime Box School | Other | PK to 12 | 156 | 9.8 |
Nearby and related
Other districts in Lee County
- Giddings ISD 1,900 students
- Lexington ISD 1,052 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.