Regular local school district · Galveston County
Friendswood ISD, TX: schools, enrollment and spending
Friendswood ISD runs 6 public schools with 6,194 students in grades PK to 12. Its ratio of 16.1 students per teacher is 1.0 higher than the Texas figure of 15.1.Listed in NCES data as "FRIENDSWOOD ISD".
At a glance
- Schools
- 6
- Students
- 6,194
- Teachers (FTE)
- 384
- Students per teacher
- 16.1
- TX: 15.1 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 302 Laurel Dr, Friendswood, TX 77546
- Phone
- (281)482-1267
- County
- Galveston County
- Locale
- Suburb: Large
- Grades offered
- PK to 12
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 4819950
- State district ID
- TX-084911
- Total staff (FTE)
- 760
- School counselors (FTE)
- 15.0About 413 students per counselor.
- School administrators (FTE)
- 31.0
Students per teacher compared
This district16.1
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 (6,119), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $73.5 million
- Federal revenue
- $3.0 million
- State revenue
- $21.5 million
- Local revenue
- $49.0 million
- Total spending
- $69.9 million
- Spending per pupil
- $11,429
- Salaries
- $43.0 million61.5% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $201.3 million
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 4.1%
- State: 29.2%
- Local: 66.7%
Texas overall
- Federal: 12.6%
- State: 36.9%
- Local: 50.5%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$11,429
Texas$14,396
United States$16,826
Schools in Friendswood ISD
By level: 1 high, 1 middle, 4 elementary. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| C W Cline Elementary | Elementary | PK to 5 | 906 | 16.5 |
| Friendswood High School | High | 9 to 12 | 2,014 | 16.4 |
| Friendswood J H | Middle | 6 to 8 | 1,530 | 18.0 |
| Westwood Elementary | Elementary | PK to 2 | 497 | 14.2 |
| Windsong Elementary | Elementary | PK to 5 | 607 | 14.5 |
| Zue S Bales Intermediate | Elementary | 3 to 5 | 640 | 16.4 |
Nearby and related
Other districts in Galveston County
- Clear Creek ISD 39,684 students
- Dickinson ISD 12,554 students
- Texas City ISD 7,711 students
- Galveston ISD 6,383 students
- Santa Fe ISD 4,310 students
- Hitchcock ISD 2,012 students
- Odyssey Academy Inc 1,681 students
- Ambassadors Preparatory Academy 167 students
- High Island ISD 132 students
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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.