2025 Census government inventory

Big Spring ISD

Independent school district in Texas. Browse the source-reported information below.

Census ID 213214 · Census county field: Howard · Functioning in the 2025 inventory
School system at a glance

Students, schools, and public money.

Election.org connected this entity to its fiscal year 2024 Census finance record by exact government ID and to its 2024–25 NCES district and school directory by exact agency ID.

3,451students in the finance record
7operating schools connected
$12,673current spending per pupil
Who governs this school system

7 published board members.

These are the current board-role records published by the Texas Education Agency for Big Spring ISD. Election.org joined them by exact state agency ID—not by name.

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Board President

Mr Fabian Serrano

Term dates not published

fserrano@bsisd.esc18.net
Board Vice President

Freddy Bert Otto

Term dates not published

freddy.otto@bsisd.esc18.net
Board Secretary

Tonya Gilstrap-Becker

05/2024–05/2027

tonya.gilstrapbecker@bsisd.esc18.net
Board Member

Jesse Salazar

Term dates not published

jesse.salazar@bsisd.esc18.net
Board Member

Jon Islas

Term dates not published

jon.islas@bsisd.esc18.net
Board Member

Mrs Ashley Brown

Term dates not published

ashley.brown@bsisd.esc18.net
Board Member

Ms Michele Sanchez

Term dates not published

michele.sanchez@bsisd.esc18.net

Source checked2026-08-30

TEA organization114901

CountyHoward County

Region18

AskTED is updated daily. It does not establish election method, trustee-seat geography, vacancies, candidates, or meeting votes; blank term and email fields remain visibly unpublished.

Six years of enrollment and school finance

See what changed—not just one year.

Exact federal identifiers connect 6 annual Census records for this system. Source dollars stay visible, while spending changes are also converted to constant 2024 dollars.

Census annual tables ↗
Enrollment3,45114.5% lower than 2019
Current spending / pupil$12,67313.1% higher than 2019 after inflation · 38.8% higher than 2019 nominal
Total expenditure$49.9M21.4% higher than 2019 · nominal
Debt outstanding$37.4M22.7% lower than 2019 · nominal
Enrollment reported by Census
2019: 4,035; 2020: 3,984; 2021: 3,698; 2022: 3,634; 2023: 3,510; 2024: 3,4514,1173,7433,369201920202021202220232024
Current spending per pupil (2024 dollars)
2019: $11,206; 2020: $11,420; 2021: $12,811; 2022: $12,384; 2023: $12,725; 2024: $12,673$13,035$12,008$10,981201920202021202220232024
Funding mix over time

Federal, state, and local shares

20199.2% F28.1% S62.7% L
20209.9% F19.8% S70.3% L
202113.7% F16.0% S70.3% L
202218.8% F17.1% S64.1% L
202324.4% F8.0% S67.7% L
202413.0% F13.4% S73.6% L
View the 2019–2024 values as a table
YearEnrollmentSpending / pupilTotal revenueTotal expenditureDebt
20194,035$9,133$54,028,000$41,090,000$48,365,000
20203,984$9,422$47,640,000$43,355,000$45,575,000
20213,698$11,066$47,702,000$46,023,000$43,525,000
20223,634$11,554$51,026,000$46,140,000$41,385,000
20233,510$12,360$59,387,000$61,434,000$39,440,000
20243,451$12,673$54,259,000$49,900,000$37,405,000

Source-reported nominal dollars. Amount fields are converted from source thousands to dollars. No inflation adjustment is applied. An exact identifier links published source rows; it does not erase consolidations, closures, reorganizations, or other real institutional changes between years. Constant-dollar comparisons use BLS CPI-U series CUUR0000SA0, annual U.S. city average; this is not a local cost-of-living index. Joined by exact Census PID6 or NCES LEAID; names are never used.

Schools this system operates

Explore the schools—not just the agency record.

NCES source ↗
Where the money comes from

$54.3M in reported revenue.

Census finance source ↗
Federal13.0%$7.06M
State13.4%$7.24M
Local73.6%$40.0M
Total expenditures$49.9M
Current spending$43.7M
Instruction$24.7M
Support services$17.1M
Capital outlay$4.38M
Debt outstanding$37.4M

Fiscal year 2024. Census source amounts are published in thousands of dollars and converted here to dollars; per-pupil fields are published as dollar amounts. Revenue percentages are reproduced from the source.

District contact

BIG SPRING ISD

Regular public school district that is not a component of a supervisory union

GradesPK–12
StatusOpen
Address708 E 11TH PL, BIG SPRING, TX, 79720
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About this school data

Census and NCES records describe this system’s enrollment, finances and schools for the years shown. Board, election and meeting information, when available, has separate sources and dates. An unlisted item means it is not covered here—not that it does not exist. Check the district’s official notices for current meetings and officeholders.

The source record

Listed as functioning in 2025.

The Census ACTIVE field is Y for this record.

Census ID
213214
Record type
Independent school district
Classification
School district
School level
Elementary and Secondary
Status
Functioning
2025 Census snapshot

Reported contact and location fields

Reported mailing address708 E 11TH PL · BIG SPRING, TX · 79720-4696
Reported contact roleSupt

A role label, not a verified person’s name.

Census county fieldHoward
Reported websiteOpen listed website ↗

These are inventory fields, not newly verified office contacts. A county field or mailing address does not establish the exact service boundary.

Published context

Scale and parent relationship

Estimated enrollment3,5102023

About these sources and their limits
Evidence boundary

What each source proves—and what it does not.

Established by the published records

  • The entity or system appears in the 2025 Census listing.
  • Its Census category, identifier, and functioning/dormant field.
  • Only the location, function, population, enrollment, and contact fields actually published.
  • The dated AskTED export reports the board names, roles, public emails, and term fields shown above.

Not established by these records

  • Whether each governing or administrative role is elected, appointed, or mixed.
  • The exact geographic service boundary or that a reported website remains current.