Education
Local school districts lower, keep tax rates flat for FY 2025-26
Alvin, Friendswood and Pearland ISD board of trustees each signed off on new tax rates, with all three districts either keeping rates the same or lowering them compared to the last year. In addition, officials estimate the average home value to be down from last year in all three districts. The overview For Alvin ISD, a tax rate of $1.15 per $100 valuation of a home will result in a tax bill of about $2,550 for the average home valued at $365,000, district documents show. This total is down from last year’s tax rate of $1.17. Friendswood ISD’s tax rate of $1.03 per $100 valuation of a home will create a tax bill of around $4,340 for the average home valued at $590,000, according to district documents. FISD’s rate is down from last year’s rate of $1.04. Lastly, Pearland ISD’s tax rate of $1.135 per $100 valuation of a home will create a tax bill of around
$3,073 for the average home valued at nearly $432,000, according to district documents. PISD’s rate will remain the same as last year. According to tax documents from each district, taxes due on an average residence dropped by over $400 for AISD and PISD and by over $200 for FISD compared to FY 2024-25. Some context A tax rate is broken down into two parts—the maintenance and operations rate, or M&O, which funds daily expenses such as teacher salaries and utilities, and an interest and sinking rate, or I&S, which pays off voter-approved bond debt, accord- ing to the Texas Education Agency. A homeowner’s annual school tax bill is cal- culated by taking the home’s taxable value—the appraised value minus any exemptions—dividing by 100, and multiplying by the district’s tax rate, according to the Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts.
Taxes due on average residence
FY 2024-25 FY 2025-26 Average home value
$590K
$5K
$432K
$4K
$365K
$3K
$2K
$1K
$0
Alvin ISD Friendswood ISD Pearland ISD
SOURCE: ALVIN, FRIENDSWOOD, PEARLAND ISDS/COMMUNITY IMPACT
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