Regular local school district · Cameron County
Santa Maria ISD, TX: schools, enrollment and spending
Santa Maria ISD runs 3 public schools with 512 students in grades PK to 12. Its ratio of 9.7 students per teacher is 5.4 lower than the Texas figure of 15.1.Listed in NCES data as "SANTA MARIA ISD".
At a glance
- Schools
- 3
- Students
- 512
- Teachers (FTE)
- 53
- Students per teacher
- 9.7
- TX: 15.1 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 11119 Military Hwy 281, Santa Maria, TX 78592
- Phone
- (956)565-6308
- County
- Cameron County
- Locale
- Rural: Fringe
- Grades offered
- PK to 12
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 4839330
- State district ID
- TX-031913
- Total staff (FTE)
- 128
- School counselors (FTE)
- 4.0About 128 students per counselor.
- School administrators (FTE)
- 3.0
Students per teacher compared
This district9.7
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 (604), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $12.1 million
- Federal revenue
- $2.7 million
- State revenue
- $8.3 million
- Local revenue
- $1.1 million
- Total spending
- $11.6 million
- Spending per pupil
- $19,235
- Salaries
- $6.6 million56.5% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $13.5 million
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 22.2%
- State: 68.6%
- Local: 9.2%
Texas overall
- Federal: 12.6%
- State: 36.9%
- Local: 50.5%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$19,235
Texas$14,396
United States$16,826
Schools in Santa Maria ISD
By level: 1 high, 1 middle, 1 elementary. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| Santa Maria High SchoolCEP school | High | 9 to 12 | 165 | 7.2 |
| Santa Maria MiddleCEP school | Middle | 6 to 8 | 123 | 10.2 |
| Tony Gonzalez ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 224 | 13.2 |
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
- Point Isabel ISD 1,786 students
- Rio Hondo ISD 1,437 students
- Santa Rosa ISD 874 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.