Education
Northside ISD proposes $22M reduction in FY 2025-26 budget different departments, and, on average, that fill rate was 94%, so that is the average we’re using,” said Megan Bradley, NISD deputy superintendent for business and finance.
During the Northside ISD board of trustees meeting July 22, district officials said current budget assumptions are made with the goal of balancing the budget by the 2026-27 school year. Current situation According to district documents, the proposed fiscal year 2025-26 budget is roughly $297.7 mil- lion, a $22.1 million reduction from the FY 2024-25 budget of $319.8 million. During the presentation, district officials laid out the assumptions that underpin the proposed FY 2025-26 budget, including a 93.5% attendance rate, with a refined average daily attendance of 91,500 students. District officials said the budget includes a 10% budget cut through a $10.2 million reduction to department budgets, with the staffing budget shaped around an estimated 94% fill rate. “[District officials] used [staffing numbers from] April 30, 2025, and looked at the fill rates of all the
Student-teacher ratio Attrition resulted in 414 reduced teaching positions and 85 non-teaching staff positions. 2024-25 class size 2025-26 class size Teachers per class
District officials also noted that key planning assumptions for the 2025-26 school year project are designed to reduce NISD’s deficit from $101 million to $91 million. The approach District officials said they cut 414 teaching positions and 85 non-teacher positions through attrition, and not layoffs. “[NISD does] not expect to reduce teachers further than [the cuts already made],” a district official said. In light of the cuts already made, district offi- cials suggested taking a “scalpel approach” rather than a “hatchet approach” for any future job cuts to ensure that the cuts do not cause major issues for students or staff members.
Pre-kindergarten
Kindergarten-4th grade
5th grade
Middle schools
High schools
SOURCE: NORTHSIDE INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT/COMMUNITY IMPACT
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