Regular local school district · Liberty County
Tarkington ISD, TX: schools, enrollment and spending
Tarkington ISD runs 4 public schools with 1,907 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 "TARKINGTON ISD".
At a glance
- Schools
- 4
- Students
- 1,907
- Teachers (FTE)
- 123
- Students per teacher
- 15.5
- TX: 15.1 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 2770 Fm 163, Cleveland, TX 77327
- Phone
- (281)592-8781
- County
- Liberty County
- Locale
- Rural: Distant
- Grades offered
- PK to 12
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 4842210
- State district ID
- TX-146907
- Total staff (FTE)
- 262
- School counselors (FTE)
- 4.0About 477 students per counselor.
- School administrators (FTE)
- 9.0
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 (1,718), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $21.9 million
- Federal revenue
- $3.9 million
- State revenue
- $9.9 million
- Local revenue
- $8.0 million
- Total spending
- $20.3 million
- Spending per pupil
- $11,798
- Salaries
- $12.9 million63.7% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $7.8 million
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 17.9%
- State: 45.4%
- Local: 36.8%
Texas overall
- Federal: 12.6%
- State: 36.9%
- Local: 50.5%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$11,798
Texas$14,396
United States$16,826
Schools in Tarkington ISD
By level: 1 high, 1 middle, 2 elementary. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| Tarkington Early Childhood School | Elementary | PK to K | 214 | 19.5 |
| Tarkington Elementary | Elementary | 1 to 5 | 738 | 14.8 |
| Tarkington High School | High | 9 to 12 | 544 | 15.5 |
| Tarkington Middle | Middle | 6 to 8 | 411 | 15.2 |
Nearby and related
Other districts in Liberty County
- Cleveland ISD 12,513 students
- Dayton ISD 5,675 students
- Liberty ISD 2,438 students
- Hardin ISD 1,257 students
- Hull-Daisetta ISD 429 students
- Devers ISD 191 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.