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Schools, districts, and education policy in Texas.

Texas · Family Finance

Texas voucher data: most applicants already in private or home school, matching other states

Data from the state comptroller show about 75% of applicants to Texas' new $1 billion voucher program attended private school or were homeschooled last year, a pattern seen in other universal voucher states.

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75 percentShare of Texas voucher applicants who were already in private school or homeschooling during the 2024-25 school year.

Texas · The Data

HISD's NES schools post sharp STAAR gains, but testing shifts and spending gaps cloud the picture

Houston ISD's state-overseen reform campuses saw end-of-course gains of 30 percentage points since 2023, far outpacing non-NES schools. But thousands fewer students sat for some exams under new pathway rules, and researchers say compositional changes may be inflating results.

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$8,459Average per-student spending at NES campuses, compared to $6,265 at non-NES campuses.

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UT El Paso received $2.4M federal grant for high school equivalency program14h ago