Regular local school district · Hays County
Hays CISD, TX: schools, enrollment and spending
Hays CISD runs 27 public schools with 24,330 students in grades PK to 12. Its ratio of 15.5 students per teacher is about the same as the Texas figure of 15.1.Listed in NCES data as "HAYS CISD".
At a glance
- Schools
- 27
- Students
- 24,330
- Teachers (FTE)
- 1,566
- Students per teacher
- 15.5
- TX: 15.1 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 21003 Interstate 35, Kyle, TX 78640
- Phone
- (512)268-2141
- County
- Hays County
- Locale
- Rural: Fringe
- Grades offered
- PK to 12
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 4800010
- State district ID
- TX-105906
- Total staff (FTE)
- 3,298
- School counselors (FTE)
- 56.0About 434 students per counselor.
- School administrators (FTE)
- 80.0
Students per teacher compared
This district15.5
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 (20,322), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $261.0 million
- Federal revenue
- $25.6 million
- State revenue
- $95.2 million
- Local revenue
- $140.3 million
- Total spending
- $233.3 million
- Spending per pupil
- $11,482
- Salaries
- $145.9 million62.5% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $427.2 million
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 9.8%
- State: 36.5%
- Local: 53.7%
Texas overall
- Federal: 12.6%
- State: 36.9%
- Local: 50.5%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$11,482
Texas$14,396
United States$16,826
Schools in Hays CISD
By level: 5 high, 6 middle, 16 elementary. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| Alter Impact Ctr | High | 6 to 12 | 70 | 2.0 |
| Armando Chapa MiddleCEP school | Middle | 6 to 8 | 724 | 14.5 |
| Blanco Vista ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 787 | 14.8 |
| Buda Elementary | Elementary | PK to 5 | 564 | 13.1 |
| Camino Real ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 962 | 15.3 |
| Carpenter Hill Elementary | Elementary | PK to 5 | 550 | 15.3 |
| D J Red Simon MiddleCEP school | Middle | 6 to 8 | 898 | 16.0 |
| Dr T C McCormick Jr Middle | Middle | 6 to 8 | 1,198 | 17.6 |
| Elm Grove Elementary | Elementary | PK to 5 | 678 | 15.8 |
| Eric Dahlstrom Middle | Middle | 6 to 8 | 804 | 16.4 |
| Hemphill ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 651 | 15.5 |
| Jack C Hays High School | High | 9 to 12 | 2,304 | 18.0 |
| Jim Cullen Elementary | Elementary | PK to 5 | 396 | 12.0 |
| Kyle Elementary | Elementary | PK to 5 | 633 | 15.1 |
| Laura B Negley Elementary | Elementary | PK to 5 | 845 | 15.4 |
| Laura B Wallace Middle | Middle | 6 to 8 | 831 | 16.0 |
| Lehman High School | High | 9 to 12 | 2,128 | 17.2 |
| Live Oak Academy | High | 9 to 12 | 184 | 16.7 |
| Moe and Gene Johnson High School | High | 9 to 12 | 2,870 | 19.8 |
| R C Barton Middle | Middle | 6 to 8 | 909 | 16.8 |
| Ralph Pfluger Elementary | Elementary | PK to 5 | 779 | 14.7 |
| Science Hall ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 667 | 13.3 |
| Sunfield Elementary | Elementary | PK to 5 | 905 | 15.9 |
| Susie Fuentes Elementary | Elementary | PK to 5 | 726 | 14.2 |
| Tobias ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 736 | 14.7 |
| Tom Green ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 612 | 12.8 |
| Uhland ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 919 | 14.8 |
Nearby and related
Other districts in Hays County
- Dripping Springs ISD 8,712 students
- San Marcos CISD 8,222 students
- Wimberley ISD 2,661 students
- Ki Charter 448 students
- Doral Academy of Texas 392 students
- Katherine Anne Porter School 95 students
- Texas Preparatory School 59 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.