2025 Census government inventory

Wharton ISD

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

Census ID 118873 · Census county field: Wharton · 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.

1,823students in the finance record
4operating schools connected
$15,055current 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 Wharton ISD. Election.org joined them by exact state agency ID—not by name.

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Board President

Philip Henderson

Term dates not published

phenderson@whartonisd.net
Board Vice President

Dr Garland Novosad

Term dates not published

gnovosad@whartonisd.net
Board Secretary

Mrs Lisa Morton Perez

Term dates not published

liperez@whartonisd.net
Board Member

Mr Curtis W Evans

Term dates not published

Public email not published
Board Member

Mr Millard Stains

05/2026–05/2029

mstains@whartonisd.net
Board Member

Mrs Alicia Carter-Walker

Term dates not published

acarter@whartonisd.net
Board Member

Robert Vandagriff

Term dates not published

rvandagriff@whartonisd.net

Source checked2026-08-30

TEA organization241904

CountyWharton County

Region03

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method, trustee-seat geography, vacancies, candidates, or meeting votes; blank term and email fields remain visibly unpublished.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 ↗
Enrollment1,8239.5% lower than 2019
Current spending / pupil$15,05514.0% higher than 2019 after inflation · 39.8% higher than 2019 nominal
Total expenditure$45.5M49.4% higher than 2019 · nominal
Debt outstanding$65.9M21.1% higher than 2019 · nominal
Enrollment reported by Census
2019: 2,015; 2020: 2,001; 2021: 1,914; 2022: 1,966; 2023: 1,844; 2024: 1,8232,0421,9191,796201920202021202220232024
Current spending per pupil (2024 dollars)
2019: $13,210; 2020: $14,318; 2021: $13,178; 2022: $12,576; 2023: $16,487; 2024: $15,055$17,035$14,532$12,029201920202021202220232024
Funding mix over time

Federal, state, and local shares

201913.0% F24.3% S62.7% L
202010.0% F24.4% S65.6% L
202112.1% F19.7% S68.2% L
202218.0% F19.7% S62.3% L
202322.8% F17.3% S59.9% L
202412.2% F31.1% S56.7% L
View the 2019–2024 values as a table
YearEnrollmentSpending / pupilTotal revenueTotal expenditureDebt
20192,015$10,766$28,227,000$30,449,000$54,475,000
20202,001$11,813$28,091,000$36,932,000$53,090,000
20211,914$11,383$25,627,000$27,441,000$72,685,000
20221,966$11,733$28,491,000$31,583,000$70,340,000
20231,844$16,015$35,518,000$44,731,000$68,165,000
20241,823$15,055$31,395,000$45,482,000$65,945,000

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

$31.4M in reported revenue.

Census finance source ↗
Federal12.2%$3.83M
State31.1%$9.76M
Local56.7%$17.8M
Total expenditures$45.5M
Current spending$27.4M
Instruction$14.6M
Support services$11.5M
Capital outlay$15.7M
Debt outstanding$65.9M

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

WHARTON ISD

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

GradesPK–12
StatusOpen
Address2100 N FULTON ST, WHARTON, TX, 77488
Open district website →
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
118873
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 address2100 N FULTON ST · WHARTON, TX · 77488-3146
Reported contact roleSupt

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

Census county fieldWharton
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 enrollment1,8442023

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.