School district · Texas

Paris ISD

Paris ISD in Texas: 8 public schools with 3,832 students and 14.5 students per teacher in the 2024–25 school year. It spent $13,193 per student in FY2024.

Schools: 8
Students: 3,832
Students per teacher: 14.5; TX 14.9 · US 15.1
Spending per student: $13,193; TX $12.7K · US $17.6K

Staff

Full-time equivalents reported by the district. Ratios are students per staff member: lower means more staff for each student, not better results.

Teachers (FTE): 264
Counselors (FTE): 10.5
Students per counselor: 365; TX 387 · US 357
Psychologists (FTE): 1.0; Librarians (FTE): 3.6

State test results

Share of students scoring proficient or above on Texas's tests, grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year.

Reading and writing

Texas: 54%

42%proficient

+3.6 points from 2023–24 school year

A lower share proficient than 73% of school districts in Texas

Median 51% · 1,182 school districts compared

1,628 students tested, grades 3–8 · STAAR - English; proficient means Levels 3-4

Math

Texas: 42%

32%proficient

+1.1 points from 2023–24 school year

A lower share proficient than 66% of school districts in Texas

Median 38% · 1,182 school districts compared

1,623 students tested, grades 3–8 · STAAR - English; proficient means Levels 3-4

Each state sets its own test and its own bar for “proficient”, so results compare only within a state. Results also follow family income closely: a school's share reflects its students' circumstances as much as its teaching.

Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository version 3.1. More information about these assessments over time, including participation and test changes, is available from the Education Data Center.

Money

Current spending pays for staff, services and supplies; buildings and debt are counted apart. It follows local costs and needs (special education, long bus routes), so it is a comparison, not a grade.

Spending per student, 2015–2024

$9.2K15

$9.2K16

$10.3K17

$10.1K18

$10.1K19

$10.7K20

$11.3K21

$11.5K22

$12.0K23

$13.2K24

Where the money comes from (FY2024)

Federal: 22% · $13.2M
State: 53% · $31.9M
Local: 24% · $14.5M

Per student (FY2024)

Instruction: $8,144
Support services: $4,322
Buildings and equipment (capital outlay): $6.7M
Long-term debt: $47.6M

Schools

Open public schools of the district in the 2024–25 school year.

Pre-K centers: 2Elementary schools: 2Middle schools: 2High schools: 2

School	Grades	Students	Students / teacher	Reading	Math	City or town
Givens Early Childhood CenterFree meals for all	Pre-K	112	15.6	—	—	Paris
Lamar County Head StartFree meals for all	Pre-K	206	20.9	—	—	Paris
Aikin ElFree meals for all	K–4	866	15.6	36%	34%	Paris
Justiss ElFree meals for all	K–4	546	14.1	46%	28%	Paris
Crockett IntFree meals for all	5–6	583	16.3	37%	23%	Paris
Paris J HFree meals for all	7–8	541	13.0	50%	43%	Paris
Paris H SFree meals for all	9–12	946	13.6	—	—	Paris
Travis H S of ChoiceAlternativeFree meals for all	9–12	32	5.9	—	—	Paris

Reading and Math: share of tested students proficient or above on the state's own tests (grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year). Compare only within a state.

Sources

Address: 1920 Clarksville, Paris, TX 75460
Phone: (903)737-7473

Website

Public schools and school districts (National Center for Education Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau), 2024–25 school year. NCES Common Core of Data and EDGE public school geocodes; U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances and cartographic boundary files (places).
Annual Survey of School System Finances (U.S. Census Bureau), FY2024. U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances (F-33).
State Assessment Data Repository (Education Data Center), 2024–25 school year. Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository v3.1.