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WACO, Texas · NCES district 4822140

HALLSBURG ISD

District spending, enrollment and school closures

FY 2024 Census per-pupil spending
$13,517
Fall 2024 NCES membership
131
Closed school entries in available years
0

NCES fall membership changed -19.6% from 163 in 2019 to 131 in 2024.

The median reported per-pupil spending among 58 Texas elementary districts with FY 2024 data here was $15,411. Each district counts once.

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Spending, enrollment and closures by school year

Each row pairs fall membership and school statuses with the Census fiscal year that uses that fall for its enrollment count. The newest school-status release, 2025–26, is preliminary.

District timeline
School yearCensus fiscal yearCurrent spendingCensus per-pupil spendingFall enrollment in Census financeFall membership in NCESOperating schoolsClosedNewReopened
2018–192019$1,620,000$9,257171UnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailable
2019–202020$1,831,000$11,0251631631000
2020–212021$2,014,000$12,1341641641000
2021–222022$1,930,000$11,7531621621000
2022–232023$1,934,000$13,0271461461000
2023–242024$1,985,000$13,5171451451000
2024–25UnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailable1311000
2025–26UnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailable1000

Why did spending per enrolled student change?

The calculation divides district current spending in 2024 dollars by the enrollment in the same Census finance row. It averages the spending and enrollment effects in both calculation orders so they sum to the change before rounding.

FY 2019 to FY 2024 · 2024 dollars per enrolled student

+$2,066 · +17.8% change in the calculated ratio

Change in real spending-$17
Change in enrollment+$2,083

Real current spending -0.1% · Census fall enrollment -15.2%

Which schools changed status?

0 school entries have a Closed status in the available directory years. The table includes openings, temporary closures, reopenings and agency changes when they appear in the same records.

District directory coverage · 2019–20, 2020–21, 2021–22, 2022–23, 2023–24, 2024–25, 2025–26. The 2025–26 entries are preliminary.

School status changes reported to NCES
SchoolReporting yearStatusCharter classificationNCES school ID
MCLENNAN COUNTY CHALLENGE ACADEMY2025–26Temporarily closedNoncharter482214010957
MCLENNAN COUNTY CHALLENGE ACADEMY2024–25Temporarily closedNoncharter482214010957
MCLENNAN COUNTY CHALLENGE ACADEMY2023–24Temporarily closedNoncharter482214010957
MCLENNAN COUNTY CHALLENGE ACADEMY2022–23Temporarily closedNoncharter482214010957
MCLENNAN COUNTY CHALLENGE ACADEMY2021–22Temporarily closedNoncharter482214010957
MCLENNAN COUNTY CHALLENGE ACADEMY2020–21Temporarily closedNoncharter482214010957
MCLENNAN COUNTY CHALLENGE ACADEMY2019–20Temporarily closedNoncharter482214010957

Where the district’s money came from and went

Figures are in the dollars reported for each year. Census revenue and expenditure totals describe different transactions in the survey.

Census finance by fiscal year
Fiscal yearTotal revenueFederal revenueState revenueLocal revenueInstructionSupport servicesCapital outlayTotal expendituresCensus fall enrollment flag
FY 2019$2,270,000$164,000$997,000$1,109,000$951,000$532,000$140,000$1,920,000Alternative source
FY 2020$2,331,000$115,000$1,147,000$1,069,000$1,141,000$570,000$4,000$1,977,000Alternative source
FY 2021$2,367,000$226,000$1,095,000$1,046,000$1,139,000$753,000$112,000$2,188,000Alternative source
FY 2022$2,544,000$314,000$1,047,000$1,183,000$1,223,000$575,000$0$1,985,000Alternative source
FY 2023$2,550,000$307,000$886,000$1,357,000$1,192,000$601,000$278,000$2,284,000Alternative source
FY 2024$2,420,000$237,000$995,000$1,188,000$1,176,000$665,000$0$2,055,000Alternative source

Sources and methodology

America.co analysis of public federal data, compiled 2026-11-13.

Census finance tables · NCES enrollment and directory files · 2025–26 preliminary directory · BLS inflation data