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Rockport-Fulton Independent School District, Texas

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Rockport-Fulton Independent School District
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Aransas County, Texas
District details
Superintendent: Lesley Austin
# of school board members: 7
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Rockport-Fulton Independent School District is a school district in Texas.

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Superintendent

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Dr. Lesley Austin is the superintendent of the Rockport-Fulton Independent School District. Austin was hired as superintendent in April 2024. Her previous career experience includes working as a teacher, principal, chief of school operations, chief academic officer, and deputy superintendent.[1]

Past superintendents

  • Joshua Garcia was the superintendent of the Aransas County Independent School District from November 2020 to 2023. He stepped down from this position to accept the position as superintendent for the Kaufman Independent School District.[2] Garcia's previous career experience includes working as the executive director of instructional support for the Mansfield Independent School District and as a teacher and principal.[3]

School board

The Rockport-Fulton Independent School District board of trustees consists of seven members elected to three-year terms. All board members are elected at large by place.[4]

Elections

See also: Rockport-Fulton Independent School District, Texas, elections

Members of the board are elected annually in May to overlapping three-year terms.[4]

Three seats on the board were up for general election on May 3, 2025. The filing deadline for this election was February 14, 2025.

Ballotpedia covered school board elections in 367 school districts in 29 states in 2024. Those school districts had a total student enrollment of 12,203,404 students. Click here to read an analysis of those elections.


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Public participation in board meetings

The Rockport-Fulton Independent School District board of trustees maintains the following policy on public testimony during board meetings:[5]

District map

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Budget

The following statistics were published by the National Center for Education Statistics, which is a part of the U.S. Department of Education.[6]

Revenue, 2020-2021
SOURCE AMOUNT AMOUNT PER STUDENT PERCENT
Federal: $7,139,000 $2,372 17%
Local: $27,978,000 $9,295 67%
State: $6,405,000 $2,128 15%
Total: $41,522,000 $13,795
Expenditures, 2020-2021
TYPE AMOUNT AMOUNT PER STUDENT PERCENT
Total Expenditures: $41,730,000 $13,863
Total Current Expenditures: $34,093,000 $11,326
Instructional Expenditures: $19,362,000 $6,432 46%
Student and Staff Support: $2,557,000 $849 6%
Administration: $3,964,000 $1,316 9%
Operations, Food Service, Other: $8,210,000 $2,727 20%
Total Capital Outlay: $165,000 $54
Construction: $76,000 $25
Total Non El-Sec Education & Other: $1,288,000 $427
Interest on Debt: $992,000 $329


Teacher salaries

The following salary information was pulled from the district's teacher salary schedule. A salary schedule is a list of expected compensations based on variables such as position, years employed, and education level. It may not reflect actual teacher salaries in the district.

Year Minimum Maximum
2024-2025[7] $51,501 $71,300
2022-2023[8] $46,293.72 $65,418.21
2020[9] $44,000 $63,900

Academic performance

Each year, state and local education agencies use tests and other standards to assess student proficiency. Although the data below was published by the U.S. Department of Education, proficiency measurements are established by the states. As a result, proficiency levels are not comparable between different states and year-over-year proficiency levels within a district may not be comparable because states may change their proficiency measurements.[10]

The following table shows the percentage of district students who scored at or above the proficiency level each school year:

School year All (%) Asian/Pacific Islander (%) Black (%) Hispanic (%) Native American (%) Two or More Races (%) White (%)
2020-2021 26 60-69 21-39 19 PS 20-29 30
2018-2019 45 60-69 21-39 40 <50 40-49 48
2017-2018 47 60-69 40-59 40 PS 40-49 52
2016-2017 73 >=80 60-69 69 >=50 70-79 76
2015-2016 72 >=80 50-59 68 >=50 80-89 76
2014-2015 71 >=80 40-59 66 PS 80-89 74
2013-2014 75 80-89 40-59 71 PS 70-79 79
2012-2013 79 80-89 60-79 73 >=50 >=90 82
2011-2012 82 >=90 60-79 78 >=50 80-89 85
2010-2011 83 >=90 >=80 78 >=50 86

The following table shows the percentage of district students who scored at or above the proficiency level each school year:

School year All (%) Asian/Pacific Islander (%) Black (%) Hispanic (%) Native American (%) Two or More Races (%) White (%)
2020-2021 35 60-69 <=20 25 PS 50-59 41
2018-2019 37 50-59 21-39 31 <50 50-59 42
2017-2018 37 40-59 <50 31 PS 40-49 41
2016-2017 65 60-79 50-59 58 >=50 60-69 71
2015-2016 64 70-79 30-39 58 >=50 60-69 68
2014-2015 71 >=90 60-79 66 >=50 80-89 74
2013-2014 73 80-89 60-69 66 >=50 70-79 78
2012-2013 78 80-89 40-59 73 >=50 >=90 82
2011-2012 85 >=90 >=80 83 >=50 >=90 87
2010-2011 86 >=90 60-79 83 >=50 89

The following table shows the graduation rate of district students each school year:

School year All (%) Asian/Pacific Islander (%) Black (%) Hispanic (%) Native American (%) Two or More Races (%) White (%)
2018-2019 91 >=50 PS 85-89 PS >=50 90-94
2017-2018 93 >=50 PS 90-94 PS >=95
2016-2017 89 >=50 PS 90-94 PS 80-84
2015-2016 87 >=50 PS 90-94 PS >=50 80-84
2014-2015 91 >=50 PS 85-89 PS PS 90-94
2013-2014 93 >=50 PS 90-94 PS 90-94
2012-2013 90 >=50 PS 85-89 PS 90-94
2011-2012 88 >=50 PS 85-89 PS PS 90-94
2010-2011 87 >=50 >=50 85-89 PS >=50 85-89


Students

Year Enrollment Year-to-year change (%)
2022-2023 3,044 1.3
2021-2022 3,005 -0.2
2020-2021 3,010 1.5
2019-2020 2,966 4.6
2018-2019 2,829 10.0
2017-2018 2,547 -33.3
2016-2017 3,394 -0.3
2015-2016 3,405 4.4
2014-2015 3,254 1.1
2013-2014 3,217 1.6
2012-2013 3,165 1.0
2011-2012 3,134 1.3
2010-2011 3,093 -2.0
2009-2010 3,156 3.7
2008-2009 3,039 -4.0
2007-2008 3,162 -2.6
2006-2007 3,245 -2.9
2005-2006 3,338 -0.4
2004-2005 3,350 0.2
2003-2004 3,343 -0.9
2002-2003 3,374 0.9
2001-2002 3,345 -0.4
2000-2001 3,360 -3.6
1999-2000 3,480 0.0
Racial Demographics, 2022-2023
RACE Rockport-Fulton Independent School District (%) Texas K-12 STUDENTS (%)
American Indian/Alaska Native 0.3 0.3
Asian or Asian/Pacific Islander 1.9 5.1
Black 1.8 12.8
Hispanic 44.1 52.9
Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander 0.2 0.2
Two or More Races 3.0 3.0
White 48.8 25.7

Note: Percentages for race and ethnicity may add up to more than 100 percent because respondents may report more than one race and the Hispanic/Latino ethnicity may be selected in conjunction with any race. Read more about race and ethnicity in the census here.


Staff

As of the 2022-2023 school year, Rockport-Fulton Independent School District had 207.81 full-time classroom teachers. The student-teacher ratio was 14.65.

Teachers, 2022-2023 school year
TYPE NUMBER OF TEACHERS
Prekindergarten: 6.78
Kindergarten: 13.33
Elementary: 80.55
Secondary: 86.57
Total: 207.81

Rockport-Fulton Independent School District employed 4.00 district administrators and 9.39 school administrators as of the 2022-2023 school year.

Administrators, 2022-2023 school year
TYPE NUMBER OF ADMINISTRATORS
District Administrators: 4.00
District Administrative Support: 19.50
School Administrators: 9.39
School Administrative Support: 9.00
Other staff, 2022-2023 school year
TYPE NUMBER OF OTHER STAFF
Instructional Aides: 54.86
Instruc. Coordinators & Supervisors: 2.96
Total Guidance Counselors: 8.83
Elementary Guidance Counselors: 0.00
Secondary Guidance Counselors: 0.00
Librarians/Media Specialists: 2.89
Library/Media Support: 0.00
Student Support Services: 20.98
Other Support Services: 124.71


Schools

The Rockport-Fulton Independent School District operates four schools. They are listed below in alphabetical order.
List of schools
SCHOOL NAMENUMBER OF STUDENTSGRADES
Fulton Learning Center6663-5
Live Oak Learning Center729PK-2
Rockport-Fulton H S9519-12
Rockport-Fulton Middle6986-8

Contact information

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Rockport-Fulton Independent School District
619 N. Live Oak St.
Rockport, TX 78382
Phone: 361-790-2212


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Footnotes

  1. ↑ Rockport-Fulton Independent School District, "Superintendent," accessed April 22, 2025
  2. ↑ WFAA, "Kaufman ISD names new superintendent from southeast Texas school district," accessed August 31, 2023
  3. ↑ Facebook "Aransas County ISD," November 9, 2020
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Aransas County Independent School District, "Board Members - Elections," accessed August 3, 2021
  5. ↑ Aransas County Independent School District, "Board Meetings - Public Participation," accessed August 3, 2021
  6. ↑ National Center for Education Statistics, "Elementary/Secondary Information System," accessed June 17, 2024
  7. ↑ Rockport-Fulton Independent School District, "2024-2025 RFISD Compensation Manual," accessed April 22, 2025
  8. ↑ Aransas County Independent School District, "TEACHERS, LIBRARIANS, COUNSELORS & NURSES PAYSCALE," accessed January 31, 2024
  9. ↑ Aransas County Independent School District, "Professional Placement Salary Schedule for the 2020-2021 School Year," accessed August 3, 2021
  10. ↑ U.S. Department of Education, Washington, DC: EDFacts, "State Assessments in Reading/Language Arts and Mathematics- School Year 2018-19 EDFacts Data Documentation," accessed February 25, 2021
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