2025 Census government inventory

Palestine ISD

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

Census ID 202652 · Census county field: Anderson · 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.

3,247students in the finance record
6operating schools connected
$14,544current 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 Palestine ISD. Election.org joined them by exact state agency ID—not by name.

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Board President

Dr Michael Garcia

Term dates not published

migarciamd@hotmail.com
Board Vice President

Mr Kurt Herrington

05/2026–05/2027

kurt_herrington@hotmail.com
Board Secretary

Mr Jeffrey Schwab

05/2026–05/2027

schwabjeffery@yahoo.com
Board Member

Davi Killion Ingram

Term dates not published

ledge@palestineschools.org
Board Member

Eddy Hutchinson

05/2026–05/2027

eddhut@gmaiil.com
Board Member

Mr Michael Bennett

Term dates not published

mbennett9143@gmail.com
Board Member

Mrs Shereece Jogie

Term dates not published

shereece.jogie3@gmail.com

Source checked2026-08-30

TEA organization001907

CountyAnderson County

Region07

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method, trustee-seat geography, vacancies, candidates, or meeting votes; blank term and email fields remain visibly unpublished.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 ↗
Enrollment3,2474.3% lower than 2019
Current spending / pupil$14,54417.7% higher than 2019 after inflation · 44.5% higher than 2019 nominal
Total expenditure$51.1M26.5% higher than 2019 · nominal
Debt outstanding$49.3M15.2% lower than 2019 · nominal
Enrollment reported by Census
2019: 3,393; 2020: 3,436; 2021: 3,400; 2022: 3,361; 2023: 3,297; 2024: 3,2473,4623,3423,221201920202021202220232024
Current spending per pupil (2024 dollars)
2019: $12,352; 2020: $13,925; 2021: $13,844; 2022: $13,660; 2023: $14,563; 2024: $14,544$14,873$13,458$12,043201920202021202220232024
Funding mix over time

Federal, state, and local shares

201914.8% F41.6% S43.6% L
202014.0% F48.8% S37.2% L
202118.2% F45.4% S36.3% L
202217.0% F46.8% S36.2% L
202321.1% F42.8% S36.1% L
202413.9% F52.6% S33.5% L
View the 2019–2024 values as a table
YearEnrollmentSpending / pupilTotal revenueTotal expenditureDebt
20193,393$10,067$44,993,000$40,420,000$58,160,000
20203,436$11,489$47,904,000$45,020,000$56,565,000
20213,400$11,959$52,323,000$50,521,000$54,885,000
20223,361$12,744$51,465,000$51,254,000$53,120,000
20233,297$14,146$56,312,000$52,885,000$51,265,000
20243,247$14,544$54,588,000$51,147,000$49,315,000

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

$54.6M in reported revenue.

Census finance source ↗
Federal13.9%$7.57M
State52.6%$28.7M
Local33.5%$18.3M
Total expenditures$51.1M
Current spending$47.8M
Instruction$26.3M
Support services$18.0M
Capital outlay$904,000
Debt outstanding$49.3M

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

PALESTINE ISD

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

GradesPK–12
StatusOpen
Address1007 E PARK AVE, PALESTINE, TX, 75801
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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
202652
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 address1600 S LOOP 256 · PALESTINE, TX · 75801-5847
Reported contact roleSupt

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

Census county fieldAnderson
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 enrollment3,2972023

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.