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The total public expenditures paid out per student in Texas went from $11,704 during the 2014-15 school year to $13,054 in 2017-18, an increase of $1,350, or 11.5 percent, the Texas Education Agency (TEA) reports.
Year-over-year expenditure increases for K-12 public school students in the state during that time period ranged from 2.1 percent to 4.9 percent, according to the TEA data.
Per-student increases in state general fund expenditures went from $8,027 during the 2014-15 school year to $8,782 in 2017-18, the TEA reported. That represents an increase of 9.4 percent during the same period.
About 5.4 million K-12 students attend public schools in Texas, according to the TEA. State and local funds provide more than 90 percent of what the state’s schools receive, while less than 10 percent of funding comes from the federal government, the Texas Smart Schools Initiative’s data says.
The state’s education funding sources include the state and federal allocations, federal grants, the Texas Permanent School Fund endowment, the TEA reports
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Texas Expenditures per Public School Student
| School Year | State General Fund Expenditures per Student | Total Expenditures per Student | % Annual Increase of Total Expenditures per Student |
| 2014–15 | $8,027 | $11,704 | -- |
| 2015–16 | $8,341 | $12,264 | 4.9% |
| 2016–17 | $8,486 | $12,787 | 4.3% |
| 2017–18 | $8,782 | $13,054 | 2.1% |
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