Did You Know?

• North Texas is the fourth-largest region in the United States.
   
• The population of North Texas is larger than 38 states.
   
• North Texas grows by one person every 3.3 minutes; 18 people an hour; 429 people per day; 3,015 people per week.
   
• North Texas is the fastest-growing region in the United States. 

*According to North Texas Commission NTC-DFW.org

• According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Denton County is the sixth-fastest growing county in America.
• Denton ISD is second in home closings in the Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex, with 64 actively building subdivisions and 34 in the planning stages. Of these, groundwork is underway on 3,867 lots within 21 subdivisions.
• Denton ISD is projected to enroll almost 4,000 new students in the next five years.
• Since this year’s senior class started kindergarten in 2010, Denton ISD’s student population has ballooned by 40 percent.

• Denton ISD will fund all proposed projects with the current tax rate.
   
• The Denton ISD Board of Trustees approved the adoption of a tax rate of $1.3446. for the fiscal year of 2022-2023. This is a reduction of more than $0.195 cents since our last bond election in May 2018.
   
• Senior citizens 65 and older will not be impacted, as their taxes are frozen.
   
• For 20 consecutive years, Denton ISD has achieved the highest possible rating in the school Financial Integrity Rating System of Texas (FIRST), the financial accountability system established by the Texas Education Agency (TEA).
   
• Since 2005, Denton ISD has saved taxpayers $311 million through the refinancing of existing debt that has lowered the borrowing costs to taxpayers, including $67 million in 2022 alone.  
   
• Current and projected property value growth within the district allows Denton ISD to fund the proposed projects.