Regular local school district · Kaufman County
Terrell ISD, TX: schools, enrollment and spending
Terrell ISD runs 9 public schools with 5,283 students in grades PK to 12. Its ratio of 17.2 students per teacher is 2.1 higher than the Texas figure of 15.1.Listed in NCES data as "TERRELL ISD".
At a glance
- Schools
- 9
- Students
- 5,283
- Teachers (FTE)
- 308
- Students per teacher
- 17.2
- TX: 15.1 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 700 N Catherine St, Terrell, TX 75160
- Phone
- (972)563-7504
- County
- Kaufman County
- Locale
- Town: Distant
- Grades offered
- PK to 12
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 4842450
- State district ID
- TX-129906
- Total staff (FTE)
- 630
- School counselors (FTE)
- 13.0About 406 students per counselor.
- School administrators (FTE)
- 16.0
Students per teacher compared
This district17.2
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 (4,728), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $69.4 million
- Federal revenue
- $8.3 million
- State revenue
- $28.6 million
- Local revenue
- $32.4 million
- Total spending
- $61.7 million
- Spending per pupil
- $13,040
- Salaries
- $33.6 million54.5% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $60.9 million
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 12.0%
- State: 41.3%
- Local: 46.8%
Texas overall
- Federal: 12.6%
- State: 36.9%
- Local: 50.5%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$13,040
Texas$14,396
United States$16,826
Schools in Terrell ISD
By level: 3 high, 1 middle, 4 elementary, 1 prekindergarten. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| Dr Bruce Wood Elementary | Elementary | K to 5 | 655 | 18.7 |
| Gilbert Willie Sr Elementary | Elementary | K to 5 | 671 | 18.1 |
| Global Leadership Academy | Elementary | K to 5 | 219 | 16.8 |
| Herman Furlough Jr Middle | Middle | 6 to 8 | 1,166 | 16.7 |
| J W Long Elementary | Elementary | K to 5 | 681 | 17.9 |
| Terrell Alternative Education Center/Phoenix Sch | High | 10 to 12 | 32 | 32.0 |
| Terrell High School | High | 9 to 12 | 1,458 | 16.6 |
| Tisd Child & Adolescent School | High | 7 to 12 | 21 | 7.0 |
| W H Burnett Elementary | Prekindergarten | PK | 380 | 21.1 |
Nearby and related
Other districts in Kaufman County
- Forney ISD 18,565 students
- Crandall ISD 6,922 students
- Kaufman ISD 4,356 students
- Mabank ISD 4,118 students
- Kemp ISD 1,987 students
- Scurry-Rosser ISD 1,032 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.