Government directory/Texas/Independent school district
U.S. Census government inventory · ID 183119

Taft ISD.

Independent school district in Texas · Census county area: San Patricio.

Independent school districtSchool districtFunctioning
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.

836students in the finance record
3operating schools connected
$17,269current spending per pupil
Who governs this school system

6 published board members.

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

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Board President

Mr Manuel Banda

05/2024–05/2027

manuel.banda@taftisd.net
Board Vice President

Mrs Diana Buendia

05/2026–05/2029

diana.buendia@taftisd.net
Board Secretary

Mr Johnny Carvajal

05/2024–05/2027

jcarvajal@taftisd.net
Board Member

Matthew Banda

05/2026–05/2029

matthew.banda@taftisd.net
Board Member

Mr Paul Luis Trevino

05/2025–05/2028

paulluis.trevino@taftisd.net
Board Member

Mrs Nicole Garza

05/2025–05/2028

nicole.garza@taftisd.net

Source checked2026-08-30

TEA organization205907

CountySan Patricio County

Region02

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method, trustee-seat geography, vacancies, candidates, or meeting votes; blank term and email fields remain visibly unpublished.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 ↗
Enrollment83620.2% lower than 2019
Current spending / pupil$17,2691.8% higher than 2019 after inflation · 24.8% higher than 2019 nominal
Total expenditure$16.2M1.3% lower than 2019 · nominal
Debt outstanding$25.7M8.0% lower than 2019 · nominal
Enrollment reported by Census
2019: 1,047; 2020: 988; 2021: 940; 2022: 888; 2023: 822; 2024: 8361,079935791201920202021202220232024
Current spending per pupil (2024 dollars)
2019: $16,972; 2020: $18,486; 2021: $17,137; 2022: $18,934; 2023: $19,534; 2024: $17,269$19,892$18,253$16,613201920202021202220232024
Funding mix over time

Federal, state, and local shares

201913.7% F48.1% S38.1% L
202013.6% F44.6% S41.7% L
202117.7% F35.4% S46.9% L
202221.4% F31.5% S47.1% L
202318.9% F24.1% S57.0% L
202414.0% F21.8% S64.2% L
View the 2019–2024 values as a table
YearEnrollmentSpending / pupilTotal revenueTotal expenditureDebt
20191,047$13,832$16,390,000$16,447,000$27,890,000
2020988$15,252$17,548,000$19,285,000$27,107,000
2021940$14,803$20,107,000$17,442,000$29,477,000
2022888$17,664$21,407,000$18,007,000$28,160,000
2023822$18,974$20,633,000$17,309,000$27,015,000
2024836$17,269$21,109,000$16,238,000$25,655,000

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.

Where the money comes from

$21.1M in reported revenue.

Census finance source ↗
Federal14.0%$2.95M
State21.8%$4.60M
Local64.2%$13.6M
Total expenditures$16.2M
Current spending$14.4M
Instruction$7.31M
Support services$6.17M
Capital outlay$723,000
Debt outstanding$25.7M

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

TAFT ISD

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

GradesPK12
StatusOpen
Address400 COLLEGE ST, TAFT, TX, 78390
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Still needed for a complete civic record

The federal layer is useful—but it is not the whole school board.

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The source record

A functioning Census entity.

The Census ACTIVE field is Y for this record.

Census ID
183119
Record type
Independent school district
Classification
School district
School level
Elementary and Secondary
Status
Functioning
Published contact fields

Contact and location

Mailing address400 COLLEGE ST · TAFT, TX · 78390-2702
Census contact/title fieldSupt
County areaSan Patricio

Websites are primarily self-reported and received only limited Census Bureau quality control. County area can mean the area most served or the headquarters county when boundaries cross counties.

Published context

Scale and parent relationship

Estimated enrollment8222023

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.