School District

BAY CITY ISD

Matagorda County
TEA ID:158901
TEA Rating
C
Enrollment
3,500
Campuses
5
Grade Span
N/A
Student/Teacher
15.81:1

TEA Accountability Rating

2024

Student Achievement

75

Performance on STAAR tests and readiness for college/career

School Progress

72

Academic growth year-over-year compared to similar districts

Closing the Gaps

77

Performance differentials among student demographic groups

Key Indicators

Graduation Rate
95.2%
Attendance Rate
92.4%
CCMR Rate
98.7%-4.8 pts (2024 to 2025)

Financial Breakdown

FY 2024

Financial Integrity Rating (FIRST)

2025
72
C
2024
92
A
2023
90
A
2022
79
C
2021
88
B

The Financial Integrity Rating System of Texas (FIRST) ensures public schools are held accountable for the quality of their financial management practices.

Total Revenue

$34.51M
N/A per pupil

Total Expenditures

$36.79M
N/A per pupil

Where does the money come from?

Local
State
37.9%
Local (Taxes)
60.5%
State
1.6%
Federal

How is the money spent?

Instructional (Classroom)53.5%
Facilities & Maintenance18.1%
Administration3.7%
Debt Service5.8%

Community Demographics

ACS 2022
Median Income
$51,934
Poverty Rate
24.6%
Median Home Value
$142,000
Homeownership
58.3%
Broadband Access
73.8%
Population Served
20,073

Educator & Staff Profile

2025 Data

Average Teacher Salary

$83,204

Teacher Turnover Rate

24.5%

Lower is better

Average Experience

N/A

Central Admin Salary

$222,917

Schools in this District5

Campus NameTypeGrade Span
BAY CITY H SHigh School09 - 12
BAY CITY J HMiddle School06 - 08
CHERRY ELElementaryEE - KG
ROBERTS ELElementary01 - 02
TENIE HOLMES ELElementary03 - 05

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Elected Board of Trustees

We do not have board member data on file for BAY CITY ISD. CivicTexas is continuously adding local elected officials.

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School District Tax Rate — 2024
1.0134
per $100 valuation
M&O: 0.6669I&S: 0.3465

M&O funds daily operations; I&S repays voter-approved bond debt. School taxes are typically the largest line on a Texas property tax bill.

YearM&OI&STotal
20240.66690.34651.0134
20230.68500.35951.0445
20220.87620.38381.2600
20210.94400.44721.3912
20200.94250.48891.4314
20191.05360.48361.5372
20181.14730.40491.5522
20171.14730.28971.4370
20161.14730.18391.3312
20151.14730.19331.3406
See your full property tax bill →Source: Texas Comptroller PTAD, tax year 2024

Discipline (TEA PEIMS)

20242025

These are counts of disciplinary actions the district recorded — suspensions, DAEP and JJAEP placements, expulsions — not crimes and not a count of students. TEA masks small counts to comply with FERPA: masked means the value was withheld, and <10, <20 and similar give a disclosed upper bound (larger ceilings are used to prevent working the number out from other cells). A masked cell is never zero.

ActionActions (20242025)Students
In School Suspensions876261
Out Of School Suspensions408214
DAEP Placements242181
Expulsionsmaskedmasked
JJAEP Placements
Most common reasons for an incident (20242025)
  • Violated Local Code Of Conduct917
  • E-Cigarette82
  • Fighting/Mutual Combat82
  • Assault-Nondistrict Employee15
  • Bullying14
Out-of-school suspensions, by year (actions)
20242025408
20232024861
20222023760
20212022715
20202021683
201920201,061
201820191,323
Source: TEA PEIMS Discipline Data Products

Offenses reported by district police (DPS / NIBRS)

2025

BAY CITY ISD operates its own police department, which reports incident-based data to the FBI through the Texas DPS. These are offenses recorded by that department, categorised with the FBI’s NIBRS scheme — a different measure from the TEA discipline actions above.

17 incidents reported in 2025.
Assault Offenses12
Larceny/Theft Offenses3
Burglary/Breaking & Entering1
Counterfeiting/Forgery1

NIBRS submissions on file: 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025.

Source: FBI NIBRS (Texas DPS submissions)