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  • 37%

    Texans think K–12 education in Texas is headed in the right direction.

EdChoice Public Opinion Tracker

Texas Private School Fast Facts

  • 127,000

    estimated open seats in private schools

  • 73%

    of private schools serve students with special needs

  • 82%

    provide some form of financial assistance to students

Exploring Texas’s Private Education Sector

Texas K–12 Education Spending

$70.6 Billion

Total Texas Public Education Revenue

U.S. Department of Education, NCES, Common Core of Data (CCD)

Data last updated 6/2022.

Texas Student Transportation

  • $546

    Avg. District Busing Expenditure Per Pupil

  • 4.2%

    Total Spending Per Pupil

U.S. Department of Education, NCES, Common Core of Data (CCD)

Data last updated 6/2022.

Inter-District

For students transferring out of a low-performing school under the public education grant program, sending districts will provide transportation costs to and from the students’ assigned schools.

Charter School

An open-enrollment charter school must provide transportation to each student attending the school to the same extent a school district is required by law to provide transportation to its students.

Private School

Texas does not provide support nor does it require districts to pay for the transportation of private school students, but private school students can get half price public transportation fare when school is in session.

State Student Transportation Statutes

Inter-District: Tex. Educ. Code § 29.201 through 29.203

Charter Schools: Tex. Educ. Code Ann. § 12.109

Private Schools: Texas Transportation Code Annotated, Title 5, §131.103.

Transporting School Choice Students, 2020