The Comptroller’s Oct. 1 count shows 3,312 TEFA students living in Dallas ISD, second only to Houston ISD, with Plano, Richardson, Northwest and Frisco up about 50% since July. Here are the North Texas district numbers and what they do and do not measure.
LEWISVILLE, Lewisville ISD trustees adopted a 2026-27 property tax rate of $1.0778 per $100 of valuation on Aug. 27, 2026, the lowest total the district says it has set since at least 1999, while still projecting a $7.3 million operating deficit driven largely by staff pay and health-insurance costs. The maintenance and operations (M&O) piece … Read more
PROSPER, Prosper ISD trustees cut the district’s 2026-27 property tax rate to $1.2011 per $100 of valuation on Aug. 24, 2026, a $0.0130 drop from $1.2141, while the earlier June budget package still showed a combined $42.2 million shortfall against a $565.6 million spending plan. Chief Financial Officer Keri Croy, speaking in board materials covered … Read more
FORT WORTH , Fort Worth ISD’s appointed board of managers held the 2026-27 property tax rate at $1.029099 per $100 of taxable value, matching the district’s voter-approval ceiling while the legally adopted budget already shows a $49.8 million gap between revenues and expenditures. That rate sits just under the no-new-revenue figure of $1.029687 on the … Read more
DENTON , Denton ISD trustees adopted a total 2026-27 property tax rate of $1.1528 per $100 of taxable value on Sept. 22, 2026, a cut of 5.41 cents from last year’s $1.2069, while supporting the balanced $380 million general fund the board approved in June. District materials say a median-valued homestead owner can expect a … Read more
MESQUITE , Mesquite ISD voters will decide Proposition A, a Voter-Approval Tax Rate Election, on Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2026. If approved, the district says Proposition A is projected to generate about $16 million in additional maintenance and operations revenue each year for staff pay, student programs, and campus security. The ask comes after the district … Read more
PLANO , Plano ISD locked in a 2026-27 property tax rate of $1.03275 per $100 of taxable value while running a general fund plan that spends $691.6 million against $634.6 million in revenue and other resources, leaving a $44.8 million operating shortfall the district expects to cover with transfers and fund balance. That pairing (a … Read more
COPPELL — Coppell ISD trustees adopted a 2026–27 property tax rate of $0.9857 per $100 of assessed value on Aug. 24, 2026, a $0.0038 increase from the prior year, while approving a general fund budget that still runs a $3.5 million deficit after the district trimmed about $4.7 million from last year’s gap. The district’s … Read more
IRVING — Irving ISD voters will decide a nearly $952 million bond package on Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2026, with four separately voted propositions and a projected tax-rate impact of 12.5 cents if all pass, or about $20.83 a month on a $340,000 home with the standard homestead exemption, according to the district’s official Bond 2026 … Read more
GARLAND — Garland ISD’s published 2026 tax-rate table shows an adopted total rate of $1.13930 per $100 of valuation, a $0.0316 decrease from the 2025 rate of $1.1709, with Maintenance and Operations set at $0.75530 and Interest and Sinking held at $0.38400. Those figures come straight from the district’s Property Tax Payments page, which posts … Read more