Anna ISD had 44 former students use Texas Education Freedom Accounts to leave the district this fall, a count compiled by two education nonprofits and published Friday by The Dallas Morning News.
Every Texan and the Texas Center for Voucher Transparency put the possible hit to Anna ISD's state funding at $360,742. With 6,038 students listed for the district, the departures amount to roughly seven of every 1,000 children enrolled, or 0.73%.
Smaller share than its neighbors
Anna's numbers sit below those of the districts on either side of it in the News' table. Princeton ISD shows 113 departures, 1.13% of its students, and an estimated $926,452. Melissa ISD shows 78, or 1.01%, and $639,498.
Regionwide, the groups tallied more than 8,300 students from over 50 North Texas districts and an estimated $68.8 million. Dallas ISD led with 807. In 22 districts nobody took the accounts, and four more had fewer than 30, a count the comptroller withholds for privacy.
Where the figures come from
The nonprofits obtained the counts through public records requests, and the News said it confirmed them with the comptroller's office. They reflect students who had left as of Aug. 10.
The money is a projection. Every Texan assigned each student a value of $8,198.69, based on statewide weighted daily attendance from the 2023-24 school year, and the News cautioned that what any one district actually loses depends on its own attendance and student mix. Because Texas funds schools mostly by attendance, a smaller enrollment usually brings in less state aid.
