Regular local school district · Cooke County
Gainesville ISD, TX: schools, enrollment and spending
Gainesville ISD runs 5 public schools with 3,111 students in grades PK to 12. Its ratio of 17.1 students per teacher is 2.0 higher than the Texas figure of 15.1.Listed in NCES data as "GAINESVILLE ISD".
At a glance
- Schools
- 5
- Students
- 3,111
- Teachers (FTE)
- 182
- Students per teacher
- 17.1
- TX: 15.1 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 800 S Morris St, Gainesville, TX 76240
- Phone
- (940)665-4362
- County
- Cooke County
- Locale
- Rural: Fringe
- Grades offered
- PK to 12
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 4820220
- State district ID
- TX-049901
- Total staff (FTE)
- 375
- School counselors (FTE)
- 11.0About 283 students per counselor.
- School administrators (FTE)
- 22.0
Students per teacher compared
This district17.1
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 (3,057), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $39.3 million
- Federal revenue
- $6.7 million
- State revenue
- $16.7 million
- Local revenue
- $16.0 million
- Total spending
- $34.4 million
- Spending per pupil
- $11,250
- Salaries
- $20.5 million59.5% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $24.1 million
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 17.0%
- State: 42.4%
- Local: 40.6%
Texas overall
- Federal: 12.6%
- State: 36.9%
- Local: 50.5%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$11,250
Texas$14,396
United States$16,826
Schools in Gainesville ISD
By level: 1 high, 2 middle, 2 elementary. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| Edison ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | PK to 1 | 630 | 18.5 |
| Gainesville High SchoolCEP school | High | 9 to 12 | 876 | 16.2 |
| Gainesville IntermediateCEP school | Middle | 5 to 6 | 480 | 17.8 |
| Gainesville J HCEP school | Middle | 7 to 8 | 422 | 15.6 |
| W E Chalmers ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | 2 to 4 | 703 | 18.5 |
Nearby and related
Other districts in Cooke County
- Callisburg ISD 1,151 students
- Valley View ISD 851 students
- Muenster ISD 570 students
- Lindsay ISD 507 students
- Era ISD 499 students
- Walnut Bend ISD 73 students
- Sivells Bend ISD 62 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.