Looks like Joe Smith over at Texasisd.com has reported some information on WADA, or weighted average daily attendance for our school districts, on how our schools are funded. Also, looks like he is waiting for some ‘splaining the TEA needs to do concerning the WADA. I have posted some of our surrounding ISD’s for your perusal. This is where it becomes extremely “unfair,” as our children would put it. Why? Don’t ask me, go ask your mother! List All Districts Target Revenue Per WADA.
District | S1 | S2 | S3 | MAX |
ALDINE ISD | 4,908 | 4,924 | 4,727 | 4,924 |
ALIEF ISD | 4,674 | 4,665 | 4,665 | 4,674 |
CHANNELVIEW ISD | 4,627 | 4,664 | 4,687 | 4,687 |
CROSBY ISD | 4,894 | 4,962 | 4,962 | 4,962 |
CYPRESS-FAIRBANKS ISD | 4,489 | 4,485 | 4,485 | 4,489 |
DEER PARK ISD | 5,277 | 5,651 | 5,330 | 5,651 |
NORTH FOREST ISD | 4,699 | 4,645 | 4,662 | 4,699 |
GALENA PARK ISD | 4,736 | 4,808 | 4,636 | 4,808 |
GOOSE CREEK CISD | 5,065 | 5,446 | 4,926 | 5,446 |
HOUSTON ISD | 4,697 | 5,102 | 4,883 | 5,102 |
HUMBLE ISD | 4,938 | 4,819 | 4,819 | 4,938 |
KATY ISD | 5,128 | 5,180 | 4,876 | 5,180 |
KLEIN ISD | 4,786 | 4,806 | 4,806 | 4,806 |
LA PORTE ISD | 4,942 | 5,304 | 5,187 | 5,304 |
PASADENA ISD | 4,582 | 4,703 | 4,611 | 4,703 |
SPRING ISD | 4,728 | 4,830 | 4,799 | 4,830 |
SPRING BRANCH ISD | 4,826 | 5,106 | 4,883 | 5,106 |
TOMBALL ISD | 5,151 | 5,783 | 5,605 | 5,783 |
SHELDON ISD | 5,175 | 6,180 | 5,226 | 6,180 |
HUFFMAN ISD | 4,820 | 4,817 | 4,792 | 4,820 |
Joe says: On July 11, TEA updated “The Target Revenue per WADA”. Since this is a very critical number for projecting your 08/09 revenue and many of you are having budget workshops, we encourage checking this number for your districts and making the appropriate changes to your 08/09 revenue projections. While I was not able to identify all the changes that were made, I did note that the critical number, “target revenue per WADA”, was increased for the 3 districts I reviewed. I am including an updated list of the “Target Revenue Per WADA” for each district. If you wish to review the target revenue calculations, they are part of both of the 06/07 calculations as well as the 07/08’s. I will update this information as soon as TEA posts its explanation of the changes. – js webmaster@texasisd.com