Regular local school district · Zapata County
Zapata County ISD, TX: schools, enrollment and spending
Zapata County ISD runs 6 public schools with 3,290 students in grades PK to 12. Its ratio of 13.7 students per teacher is 1.4 lower than the Texas figure of 15.1.Listed in NCES data as "ZAPATA COUNTY ISD".
At a glance
- Schools
- 6
- Students
- 3,290
- Teachers (FTE)
- 240
- Students per teacher
- 13.7
- TX: 15.1 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 1302 Glenn St, Zapata, TX 78076
- Phone
- (956)765-6546
- County
- Zapata County
- Locale
- Town: Remote
- Grades offered
- PK to 12
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 4846710
- State district ID
- TX-253901
- Total staff (FTE)
- 550
- School counselors (FTE)
- 14.0About 235 students per counselor.
- School administrators (FTE)
- 16.0
Students per teacher compared
This district13.7
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 (3,486), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $43.0 million
- Federal revenue
- $7.6 million
- State revenue
- $25.6 million
- Local revenue
- $9.8 million
- Total spending
- $44.2 million
- Spending per pupil
- $12,666
- Salaries
- $25.3 million57.2% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $15.5 million
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 17.7%
- State: 59.5%
- Local: 22.8%
Texas overall
- Federal: 12.6%
- State: 36.9%
- Local: 50.5%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$12,666
Texas$14,396
United States$16,826
Schools in Zapata County ISD
By level: 1 high, 1 middle, 4 elementary. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| Benavides ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 51 | 8.5 |
| Fidel and Andrea R Villarreal ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 445 | 14.8 |
| Zapata High SchoolCEP school | High | 9 to 12 | 1,065 | 15.0 |
| Zapata MiddleCEP school | Middle | 6 to 8 | 730 | 12.2 |
| Zapata North ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 571 | 15.9 |
| Zapata South ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 428 | 13.8 |
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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.