What Leander ISD takes in from fees and rent

Numbers marked “our math” are our estimates, not official figures. The notes show the inputs and the steps.

In short

• In 2025 the main fund got about $2.4 million from tuition and fees.¹
• It got about $1.2 million in rent.¹
• Rent is about twice what it was in 2022 (our math).²³

The numbers

These are main fund amounts for school years ending June 30. Property taxes are much bigger, so they are left out here.

Year	Tuition and fees	Rent	Student activities
2022	$2,859,864	$589,634	$983,921
2023	$2,529,455	$908,952	$1,230,825
2024	$2,496,794	$1,194,192	$1,125,021
2025	$2,435,988	$1,197,374	$1,092,998

Sources: the district’s yearly audited reports.²⁴⁵¹

Tuition and fees went down each year from 2022 to 2025. Rent went up from 2022 to 2024 and stayed flat in 2025.²¹

The 2025 total of these three is $4,726,360 (our math).⁶

The other side

• These amounts are small. The main fund’s local money in 2025 came to $344,477,403. Taxes make up most of it.¹
• Fees fell while rent rose. The two moved in opposite ways from 2022 to 2024.²⁵
• What the sources do not show: why fees went down or why rent went up.

Questions to ask

• Who rents district buildings, and how does the district set the rent?
• Which fees do families pay, and how does the board set them?
• Does rent cover the cost of opening buildings after hours, by the district’s count?

What the reports do not say

The reports do not list who pays the fees or who rents the buildings.

Changes to this page

• Nov. 2, 2026: Rewrote the questions to ask so each is open, neutral and addressed to the public body.
• Nov. 2, 2026: Added an other-side section and questions to ask.
• Nov. 2, 2026: New page.

Footnotes

1. ACFR for the year ended June 30, 2025, Note 8, same title, p.49, first column: co-curricular student activities $1,092,998; tuition and fees $2,435,988; rent $1,197,374; column total $344,477,403. In our saved text copy, the other columns of this table do not add up to the printed total, so we use only this column. Its lines add up to its printed total. ↩ ↩² ↩³ ↩⁴ ↩⁵

2. Leander ISD, Annual Comprehensive Financial Report (ACFR) for the year ended June 30, 2022, Note 8, “Revenues from Local, Intermediate, and Out-of-State Sources,” p.48, General Fund column: co-curricular student activities $983,921; tuition and fees $2,859,864; rent $589,634. ↩ ↩² ↩³ ↩⁴

3. Our math: $1,197,374 ÷ $589,634 = 2.03. ↩

4. ACFR for the year ended June 30, 2023, Note 9, same title, p.49, General Fund column: co-curricular student activities $1,230,825; tuition and fees $2,529,455; rent $908,952. ↩

5. ACFR for the year ended June 30, 2024, Note 8, same title, p.49, General Fund column: co-curricular student activities $1,125,021; tuition and fees $2,496,794; rent $1,194,192. ↩ ↩²

6. Our math: $2,435,988 + $1,197,374 + $1,092,998 = $4,726,360. ↩