Regular local school district · Cameron County
Point Isabel ISD, TX: schools, enrollment and spending
Point Isabel ISD runs 5 public schools with 1,786 students in grades PK to 12. Its ratio of 13.5 students per teacher is 1.6 lower than the Texas figure of 15.1.Listed in NCES data as "POINT ISABEL ISD".
At a glance
- Schools
- 5
- Students
- 1,786
- Teachers (FTE)
- 132
- Students per teacher
- 13.5
- TX: 15.1 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 101 Port Rd, Port Isabel, TX 78578
- Phone
- (956)943-0005
- County
- Cameron County
- Locale
- Town: Distant
- Grades offered
- PK to 12
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 4835250
- State district ID
- TX-031909
- Total staff (FTE)
- 315
- School counselors (FTE)
- 7.0About 255 students per counselor.
- School administrators (FTE)
- 10.0
Students per teacher compared
This district13.5
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 (2,072), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $30.8 million
- Federal revenue
- $5.1 million
- State revenue
- $2.6 million
- Local revenue
- $23.0 million
- Total spending
- $44.7 million
- Spending per pupil
- $21,580
- Salaries
- $15.2 million33.9% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $9.9 million
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 16.6%
- State: 8.6%
- Local: 74.8%
Texas overall
- Federal: 12.6%
- State: 36.9%
- Local: 50.5%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$21,580
Texas$14,396
United States$16,826
Schools in Point Isabel ISD
By level: 2 high, 1 middle, 2 elementary. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| Cameron Co J J a E P | High | 10 to 12 | 3 | |
| Derry ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 392 | 14.5 |
| Garriga ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 410 | 14.6 |
| Port Isabel Early College High SchoolCEP school | High | 9 to 12 | 585 | 13.6 |
| Port Isabel J HCEP school | Middle | 6 to 8 | 396 | 12.4 |
Nearby and related
Other districts in Cameron County
- Brownsville ISD 36,140 students
- Harlingen CISD 16,471 students
- Los Fresnos CISD 10,357 students
- San Benito CISD 9,073 students
- LA Feria ISD 2,842 students
- Rio Hondo ISD 1,437 students
- Santa Rosa ISD 874 students
- Santa Maria ISD 512 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.