School District

DEKALB ISD

Bowie County
TEA ID:019901
TEA Rating
B
Enrollment
901
Campuses
3
Grade Span
N/A
Student/Teacher
11.86:1

TEA Accountability Rating

2024

Student Achievement

81

Performance on STAAR tests and readiness for college/career

School Progress

83

Academic growth year-over-year compared to similar districts

Closing the Gaps

82

Performance differentials among student demographic groups

Key Indicators

Graduation Rate
98.6%
Attendance Rate
94.6%
CCMR Rate
78.9%+14.6 pts (2024 to 2025)

Financial Breakdown

FY 2024

Financial Integrity Rating (FIRST)

2025
94
A
2024
100
A
2023
100
A
2022
100
A
2021
98
A

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

Total Revenue

$11.90M
N/A per pupil

Total Expenditures

$10.88M
N/A per pupil

Where does the money come from?

Local
State
22.3%
Local (Taxes)
77.3%
State
0.4%
Federal

How is the money spent?

Instructional (Classroom)51.0%
Facilities & Maintenance21.6%
Administration4.3%
Debt Service1.9%

Community Demographics

ACS 2022
Median Income
$48,676
Poverty Rate
10.7%
Median Home Value
$117,600
Homeownership
69.5%
Broadband Access
64.3%
Population Served
4,758

Educator & Staff Profile

2025 Data

Average Teacher Salary

$56,299

Teacher Turnover Rate

17.8%

Lower is better

Average Experience

12.8 yrs

Central Admin Salary

$114,123

Schools in this District3

Campus NameTypeGrade Span
DEKALB ELElementaryEE - 04
DEKALB H SHigh School09 - 12
JAMES L GERMANY MIDDLEMiddle School05 - 08

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Elected Board of Trustees

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

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School District Tax Rate — 2024
0.7552
per $100 valuation
M&O: 0.7552I&S: 0.0000

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
20240.75520.00000.7552
20230.78580.00000.7858
20220.99880.00000.9988
20211.02740.00001.0274
20201.05470.00001.0547
20191.06830.00001.0683
20181.17000.00001.1700
20171.17000.00001.1700
20161.17000.00001.1700
20151.17000.00001.1700
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 Suspensions6852
Out Of School Suspensionsmaskedmasked
DAEP Placements1212
Expulsions
JJAEP Placements
Most common reasons for an incident (20242025)
  • Violated Local Code Of Conduct74
Out-of-school suspensions, by year (actions)
20242025masked
2023202414
20222023masked
20212022masked
20202021masked
20192020masked
20182019masked
Source: TEA PEIMS Discipline Data Products

Offenses reported by district police (DPS / NIBRS)

2025

DEKALB 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.

1 incident reported in 2025.
Weapon Law Violations1

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

Source: FBI NIBRS (Texas DPS submissions)