Bay Area Edition | October 2025

Education

BY HALEY VELASCO

Clear Creek ISD keeps tax rate flat, bills projected to decrease

Clear Creek ISD residents can anticipate seeing lower tax bills following the board’s approval of a tax rate of $0.969 per $100 valuation of a home for fiscal year 2025-26, which is the same rate as last year. The overview The adopted tax rate includes $0.699 for mainte- nance and operations, or M&O—which funds daily operations—and $0.27 for interest and sinking, or I&S—which pays bond debt. Both rates are the same as those in FY 2024- 25 for CCISD, meaning the rate will remain unchanged, according to district documents. The details

CCISD's tax rate history

Maintenance and operation tax rate

Interest and sinking tax rate

$1.50

$1.31

$1.2659

$1.1797

$1.1146

$0.9746

$0.969

$1.00

$0.50

FY 2019-20

FY 2023-24

FY 2024-25

FY 2025-26

FY 2022-23

FY 2020-21

FY 2021-22

SOURCE: CLEAR CREEK ISD/COMMUNITY IMPACT

member Jay Cunningham said at the meeting. “This board ... has made a conscious effort of taking care of taxpayer dollars.” What else? The approval came nearly a month after the dis- trict approved its budget with a projected shortfall of $12.5 million for FY 2025-26, Community Impact previously reported.

district documents. While average market values rose from about $397,000 in 2024 to $406,000 in 2025, the average taxable value is expected to drop by more than $36,500 due in part to Proposition 13, which would raise the school district homestead exemption from $100,000 to $140,000. The proposition will go before voters in November. “CCISD is still a great bargain out there,” board

83 percent of Texans take action after reading Community Impact—and 76% say our ads help them discover new products and services. This tax rate will mean a property tax bill of about $2,140 on an average home with a taxable value of $406,460 . This represents a decrease of approximately $350 compared to last year, when the average tax bill was $2,490, according to

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