What Texans Are Never Shown, All in One Place
Texas Public Education —
The Full Accountability Picture
Texas public education is one of the largest
taxpayer-funded systems in the country.
It is also one of the most complex — by design.
Budgets are fragmented.
Performance data is siloed.
Staffing realities are buried in technical reports.
This page exists to do one thing:
Make the system understandable.
No ideology.
No modeling.
No speculation.
Just official data — put together for the first time in one place.
The Five Truths This Data Reveals
1. Pay Is Not Tied to Performance
Some of the highest-paid superintendents in Texas oversee districts with average or below-average academic outcomes. Across the state, there is no consistent relationship between executive pay and student performance.
What pay does track:
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District size,
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Administrative expansion,
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Use of exceptions to the rules.
2. Failure Triggers Waivers — Not Reform
When districts fail to meet standards, the system does not correct leadership.
It grants waivers.
Texas districts collectively operate under thousands of waivers each year — exempting them from class size limits, instructional requirements, staffing rules, and accountability standards.
Rules apply to classrooms.
Exceptions apply to administration.
3. Teacher Quality Has Been Replaced by “Coverage”
Over the last several years:
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Certification pass rates have declined,
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Alternative certification pipelines have exploded,
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Uncertified and out-of-field teaching has surged.
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Tens of thousands of Texas classrooms are now led by teachers without proper certification.
This is not a teacher failure.
It is a system that prioritizes filling positions over maintaining standards.
4. Early Childhood Gains Are Being Wasted
Texas Pre-K does improve kindergarten readiness. The data proves it.
But those gains collapse in later grades — especially in districts with:
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High uncertified staffing,
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Heavy waiver use,
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Large administrative overhead.
Taxpayers fund early success.
The system fails to carry it forward.
5. Texas Operates Two Accountability Systems
Charter schools face closure and loss of authorization for underperformance.
Traditional districts rarely face leadership consequences.
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Waivers,
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Additional funding,
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More administrative insulation.
Same students.
Same taxpayers.
Different rules.
Teachers were told there was no money.
Taxpayers were told their money went to teachers.
Both were lied to.
Explore the Data Yourself
Below is a District Explorer containing publicly reported data for every Texas school district.
You can:
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Search your district by name,
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Compare leadership pay, staffing realities, waivers, and outcomes,
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See exactly how your district fits into statewide patterns.
This data comes directly from:
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The Texas Education Agency (TEA),
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PEIMS reporting,
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Federal education compliance reports.
No interpretation is added.
What you see is what was reported.
I’m running for the Texas House because these patterns are not accidental.
They are the result of:
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Policy choices made in Austin,
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A lack of transparency,
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And a system that protects bureaucracy instead of classrooms.
Real accountability doesn’t start with slogans.
It starts with visibility.
I’m not asking for trust.
I’m offering transparency.
You can explore the data here for yourself.
And if you want to talk about restoring accountability,
rewarding certified teachers,
and fixing a system that has lost its way,
I want to hear from you.
Call or text ME at 254-258-5630
All data displayed on this page is sourced from publicly available Texas Education Agency and federal education reports. No data has been altered or modeled.
How to Read This Data
Bureaucracy Ratio
Compares average teacher pay to the combined pay of administrative and support staff using Texas Education Agency data. A lower ratio means more money is flowing to bureaucracy instead of classrooms.
Bureaucracy Flag
A plain-language label based on the Bureaucracy Ratio that shows, at a glance, whether a district favors bureaucracy or classrooms. The flag is calculated directly from the ratio—no judgment, no estimates.
STUDENT OUTCOME TABLE
Given how districts spend money and staff classrooms, how are students actually doing? The Student Outcomes Table shows how districts are performing on student measures published by the Texas Education Agency. These outcomes are shown alongside spending and staffing data to provide context—not conclusions.
Why Some Fields Are Blank
Blank fields mean the Texas Education Agency did not report or publish that data for the district, or it could not be safely matched without risking errors. We do not guess, estimate, or “fill in” missing government data.
County-level view available: See the County Summary Table for a broader picture.
student outcome table
Coming soon...
Compensation and staffing patterns matter because they affect outcomes.
The Student Outcomes Table shows how districts are performing on measures reported by the Texas Education Agency (TEA).
THE MIDDLEMAN LIE
How bureaucracy pits teachers and taxpayers against each other — while taking from both.
Teachers are told there’s no money.
Taxpayers are told their money went to teachers.
The bureaucracy keeps the difference.
1: Teachers Were Used as the Proof — Then Denied the Pay
Sold as Teacher Raises. Paid as Bureaucracy Savings.
Teachers were put front-and-center in public messaging to justify budgets and tax decisions.
Behind the scenes, educators were reclassified, excluded, or compressed out of eligibility for the very raises used to sell the plan.
Teachers were the justification — not the beneficiaries.
2: Taxpayers Were Told Their Money Went to Classrooms
Your Taxes Went Up. Classroom Pay Didn’t.
Taxpayers were told new funding meant teacher raises.
In reality, state and local funds were absorbed through coding changes, pay freezes, and administrative discretion before reaching classrooms.
The money didn’t disappear. It changed hands.
3: The Bureaucracy Took a Cut — Teachers Took the Hit
Administration Grew. Educators Lost.
While educators lost stipends, eligibility, and retirement value, new six-figure administrative positions were created and protected.
Classrooms were told to tighten belts.
The bureaucracy did not.
4: Teachers Were Silenced to Protect the Story
“Don’t Post. Don’t Question. Don’t Compare Notes.”
Educators who spoke publicly about pay discrepancies were contacted, warned, or pressured to remove posts.
This wasn’t about accuracy.
It was about protecting the narrative.
5: Teachers and Taxpayers Were Never Meant to Compare Notes
If Teachers and Taxpayers Talk, the Lie Collapses.
The system survives by keeping:
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Teachers blaming taxpayers for “not funding education,” and
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Taxpayers blaming teachers for “costing too much.”
Neither is true.
The money is intercepted in the middle.
THE TRUTH THEY DON’T WANT SAID OUT LOUD
Teachers are being used to justify higher taxes.
Taxpayers are being used to deny teachers fair pay.
The bureaucracy lies to both — and profits from the division.
WHAT WE BELIEVE
Teachers deserve honest pay, not PR.
Taxpayers deserve truth, not talking points.
Money meant for classrooms should reach classrooms.
Bureaucracy should serve education — not feed on it.
Classrooms First. Bureaucracy Last.