Education
BY AMANDA CUTSHALL
Education Edition
2025
Welcome to Community Impact ’s 2025 Education Edition! Our Education Edition provides valuable insights for the entire community, whether you’re a parent, resident or business owner. Inside, you’ll find coverage on our local school districts and Texas State University. We break down the Hays CISD Voter-Approved Tax Rate Election and budget. We also provide a detailed district snapshot on Hays and San Marcos CISDs. Finally, we highlight how Texas State University has put student health and wellness at the forefront of campus life, offering a Delivering this important content is a true team effort, and we’re incredibly grateful for our community partners. They make it possible for us to keep the residents of San Marcos, Buda, and Kyle informed, inspired, and connected. Please support these local businesses—your support helps them continue to help us. Have a great school year! variety of resources to support students. It’s an edition you won’t want to miss!
What's inside
Get a glimpse of the upcoming elections (Page 13)
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Learn about the new Hays County Food Bank (Page 23)
Check out upcoming live music and events (Pages 24-25)
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TEA releases 2 years of ratings On Aug. 15, the Texas Education Agency released A-F accountability ratings for the 2023-24 and 2024-25 school years. The grades measure student achievement, school progress and efforts to close learning gaps. For elementary and middle schools, ratings are based largely on the State of Texas Assessments of Academic Readiness results, while high school ratings also factor in how well students are prepared for success after graduation. Districts and campuses that received a D or F rating in 2024 or 2025 may receive extra resources and support from the state, according to the TEA website.
2022-23 San Marcos CISD District score 2023-24
Hays CISD District score
2022-23
2023-24
2024-25
2024-25
B
B
B
D C
D
81/100
68/100
76/100
80/100
80/100
64/100
Total student enrollment: 8,211
Students per teacher: 14.2
Total student enrollment: 24,237
Students per teacher: 15.5
Full-time teachers: 580
Full-time teachers: 1,566
Average teacher salary: $60,048
Average teacher salary: $64,959
Attendance rate
Attendance rate
93.2%
92.8%
Chronic absenteeism:
Chronic absenteeism:
SOURCE: TEXAS EDUCATION AGENCY/COMMUNITY IMPACT
22.6%
22.4%
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