Regular local school district · Anderson County
Palestine ISD, TX: schools, enrollment and spending
Palestine ISD runs 6 public schools with 3,186 students in grades PK to 12. Its ratio of 14.2 students per teacher is 0.9 lower than the Texas figure of 15.1.Listed in NCES data as "PALESTINE ISD".
At a glance
- Schools
- 6
- Students
- 3,186
- Teachers (FTE)
- 224
- Students per teacher
- 14.2
- TX: 15.1 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 1007 E Park Ave, Palestine, TX 75801
- Phone
- (903)731-8000
- County
- Anderson County
- Locale
- Town: Distant
- Grades offered
- PK to 12
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 4834050
- State district ID
- TX-001907
- Total staff (FTE)
- 519
- School counselors (FTE)
- 6.0About 531 students per counselor.
- School administrators (FTE)
- 14.0
Students per teacher compared
This district14.2
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 (3,400), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $52.3 million
- Federal revenue
- $9.5 million
- State revenue
- $23.8 million
- Local revenue
- $19.0 million
- Total spending
- $50.5 million
- Spending per pupil
- $14,859
- Salaries
- $26.1 million51.7% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $54.9 million
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 18.2%
- State: 45.4%
- Local: 36.3%
Texas overall
- Federal: 12.6%
- State: 36.9%
- Local: 50.5%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$14,859
Texas$14,396
United States$16,826
Schools in Palestine ISD
By level: 1 high, 2 middle, 2 elementary, 1 prekindergarten. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| Northside PriCEP school | Elementary | K to 1 | 400 | 16.0 |
| Palestine High SchoolCEP school | High | 9 to 12 | 1,003 | 12.5 |
| Palestine J HCEP school | Middle | 7 to 8 | 456 | 13.0 |
| Southside ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | 2 to 3 | 442 | 14.7 |
| Story IntermediateCEP school | Middle | 4 to 6 | 670 | 16.3 |
| Washington Early Childhood CenterCEP school | Prekindergarten | PK | 215 | 19.5 |
Nearby and related
Other districts in Anderson County
- Westwood ISD 1,387 students
- Elkhart ISD 1,187 students
- Frankston ISD 811 students
- Cayuga ISD 577 students
- Neches ISD 337 students
- Slocum ISD 323 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.