Transparency Star - Traditional Finances

The Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts is proud to announce the Transparency Stars program, recognizing local governments for going above and beyond in their transparency efforts. The program recognizes government entities that accomplish the following:

• open their books not only in their traditional finances, but also in the areas of contracts and procurement, economic development, public pensions and debt obligations.
• provide clear and meaningful financial information not only by posting financial documents, but also through summaries, visualizations, downloadable data and other relevant information.

For additional details visit Texas Comptroller website.

Summary

The District operates on a fiscal year beginning July 1 and ending June 30.  Budget planning is an integral part of overall program planning.  The budget reflects the District’s programs and activities and provides the resources to implement them. In the budget planning process, general educational goals, specific program goals, and alternatives for achieving program goals are considered, as well as input from the District and campus-level planning and decision-making committees.

The adopted budget provides the authority to expend funds for the purposes indicated and in accordance with state law, Board policy and the District’s purchasing procedures.  The expenditure of funds must be in accordance with the adopted budget.

Image description: Stacked bar chart titled "Full-Time Equivalent Personnel" showing Birdville ISD staffing from 2019–20 through 2024–25. Total full-time equivalent employees remain relatively stable, ranging from 2,992 to 3,039, ending at 3,029 in 2024–25. Teachers and paraprofessional staff make up the largest portion each year, followed by auxiliary staff, support staff, and administrators. A callout notes that total personnel decreased by seven full-time equivalent positions over the past five years.

Image description - Stacked bar chart titled "Total Expenditures (All Governmental Funds) Per Student" showing Birdville ISD expenditures from 2019–20 through 2024–25. Total expenditures per student increased steadily from $11,882 to $15,536. Instruction and instructional support account for the largest share each year, followed by debt service and district operations. Central administration and other expenditures remain relatively small portions of the total.

Image description: Stacked bar chart titled "Total Expenditures (All Governmental Funds) By Source" showing Birdville ISD expenditures from 2019–20 through 2024–25. Total expenditures increased from approximately $280.1 million to $345.9 million. Instruction and instructional support represent the largest expenditure category, followed by debt service and district operations. Central administration and other expenditures remain comparatively small.

Image description: Stacked bar chart titled "Total Revenues (All Governmental Funds) By Source" showing Birdville ISD revenues from 2019–20 through 2024–25. Total revenues increased from approximately $298.3 million to a peak of $360.2 million in 2023–24 before decreasing slightly to $354.6 million in 2024–25. State program revenues and property taxes provide the largest sources of funding, while federal revenues peak in 2023–24 before declining in 2024–25.

Image description: Stacked bar chart titled "Total Revenues (All Governmental Funds) Per Student" showing Birdville ISD revenues per student from 2019–20 through 2024–25. Revenue per student increased from $12,651 to a high of $16,210 in 2023–24 before decreasing slightly to $15,927 in 2024–25. Property taxes and state program revenues make up the largest portions each year, while federal revenue rises through 2023–24 and then declines in 2024–25.

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Transparency Star - Traditional Finances

Tax Rate Information

• For the 2026 tax year, Birdville ISD’s Board of Trustees adopted a Maintenance & Operations tax rate of $0.7869 and a Debt Service tax rate of $0.39964, which is a total tax rate of $1.18654. ($.01176 less than the tax rate for 2025)

  Due to lower interest rates, increases in valuation and prudent financial decisions by the District, the debt service tax rate is over 1.35 cents less than what was told to voters in 2014. In addition, since 2014, the Board has approved prepayment of more than $18.465 million of bond principal saving taxpayers more than $11.8 million in interest payments.  

Tax Rate History

(Image description above: Stacked bar chart titled "Birdville ISD Tax Rate History" showing the Maintenance & Operations (M&O) and Interest & Sinking (I&S) tax rates from 2017–2026. The I&S tax rate remains mostly steady at $0.4139 from 2017–2024, decreases slightly to $0.4114 in 2025, and to $0.3998 in 2026. The M&O tax rate decreases over time from $1.0400 (2017–2019) to $0.9700 (2020), $0.9664 (2021), $0.9241 (2022), $0.8659 (2023), $0.7892 (2024), and $0.7868 (2025–2026), illustrating an overall decline in the district's total tax rate over the 10-year period.)