Regular local school district · Bell County
Salado ISD, TX: schools, enrollment and spending
Salado ISD runs 3 public schools with 2,429 students in grades PK to 12. Its ratio of 16.3 students per teacher is 1.2 higher than the Texas figure of 15.1.Listed in NCES data as "SALADO ISD".
At a glance
- Schools
- 3
- Students
- 2,429
- Teachers (FTE)
- 149
- Students per teacher
- 16.3
- TX: 15.1 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 601 N Main St, Salado, TX 76571
- Phone
- (254)947-6900
- County
- Bell County
- Locale
- Rural: Distant
- Grades offered
- PK to 12
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 4838580
- State district ID
- TX-014908
- Total staff (FTE)
- 258
- School counselors (FTE)
- 6.0About 405 students per counselor.
- School administrators (FTE)
- 8.0
Students per teacher compared
This district16.3
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 (2,105), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $27.3 million
- Federal revenue
- $1.1 million
- State revenue
- $9.7 million
- Local revenue
- $16.4 million
- Total spending
- $26.4 million
- Spending per pupil
- $12,552
- Salaries
- $13.0 million49.2% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $59.4 million
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 4.1%
- State: 35.7%
- Local: 60.2%
Texas overall
- Federal: 12.6%
- State: 36.9%
- Local: 50.5%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$12,552
Texas$14,396
United States$16,826
Schools in Salado ISD
By level: 1 high, 1 middle, 1 elementary. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| Salado High School | High | 9 to 12 | 769 | 16.0 |
| Salado Middle | Middle | 6 to 8 | 587 | 16.3 |
| Thomas Arnold Elementary | Elementary | PK to 5 | 1,073 | 17.0 |
Nearby and related
Other districts in Bell County
- Killeen ISD 42,883 students
- Belton ISD 13,697 students
- Temple ISD 8,764 students
- Academy ISD 1,832 students
- Troy ISD 1,732 students
- Rogers ISD 893 students
- Holland ISD 646 students
- Priority Charter Schools 504 students
- Bartlett ISD 393 students
- Highland ISD 207 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.