Government directory/Texas/Independent school district
U.S. Census government inventory · ID 187780

Wells ISD.

Independent school district in Texas · Census county area: Cherokee.

Independent school districtSchool districtFunctioning
School system at a glance

Students, schools, and public money.

Election.org connected this entity to its fiscal year 2024 Census finance record by exact government ID and to its 2024–25 NCES district and school directory by exact agency ID.

242students in the finance record
1operating schools connected
$16,616current spending per pupil
Who governs this school system

7 published board members.

These are the current board-role records published by the Texas Education Agency for Wells ISD. Election.org joined them by exact state agency ID—not by name.

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Board President

Mr Kelly Collins

Term dates not published

kcollins@wells.esc7.net
Board Vice President

Mr Steven Monday

Term dates not published

smonday@wells.esc7.net
Board Secretary

Mrs Kathy Harris

Term dates not published

kharris@wells.esc7.net
Board Member

Ben Carver

Term dates not published

bcarver@wells.esc7.net
Board Member

Brittni Miles

Term dates not published

brittnimiles@wells.esc7.net
Board Member

Danny Colbert

Term dates not published

dcolbert@wells.esc7.net
Board Member

Mrs Amanda Collie

Term dates not published

acollie@wells.esc7.net

Source checked2026-08-30

TEA organization037909

CountyCherokee County

Region07

AskTED is updated daily. It does not establish election method, trustee-seat geography, vacancies, candidates, or meeting votes; blank term and email fields remain visibly unpublished.

Six years of enrollment and school finance

See what changed—not just one year.

Exact federal identifiers connect 6 annual Census records for this system. Source dollars stay visible, while spending changes are also converted to constant 2024 dollars.

Census annual tables ↗
Enrollment24218.8% lower than 2019
Current spending / pupil$16,61611.3% higher than 2019 after inflation · 36.6% higher than 2019 nominal
Total expenditure$4.5M14.2% higher than 2019 · nominal
Debt outstanding$2.2M23.6% lower than 2019 · nominal
Enrollment reported by Census
2019: 298; 2020: 276; 2021: 263; 2022: 258; 2023: 259; 2024: 242306270234201920202021202220232024
Current spending per pupil (2024 dollars)
2019: $14,930; 2020: $15,972; 2021: $15,973; 2022: $14,886; 2023: $15,037; 2024: $16,616$16,858$15,751$14,644201920202021202220232024
Funding mix over time

Federal, state, and local shares

201910.3% F57.0% S32.7% L
202010.0% F60.9% S29.1% L
20218.7% F61.4% S29.9% L
202220.6% F54.8% S24.6% L
202318.3% F52.2% S29.5% L
202413.4% F59.4% S27.2% L
View the 2019–2024 values as a table
YearEnrollmentSpending / pupilTotal revenueTotal expenditureDebt
2019298$12,168$4,110,000$3,901,000$2,860,000
2020276$13,178$4,448,000$3,846,000$2,730,000
2021263$13,798$4,321,000$3,767,000$2,600,000
2022258$13,888$5,321,000$4,489,000$2,465,000
2023259$14,606$5,080,000$4,288,000$2,325,000
2024242$16,616$4,969,000$4,454,000$2,185,000

Source-reported nominal dollars. Amount fields are converted from source thousands to dollars. No inflation adjustment is applied. An exact identifier links published source rows; it does not erase consolidations, closures, reorganizations, or other real institutional changes between years. Constant-dollar comparisons use BLS CPI-U series CUUR0000SA0, annual U.S. city average; this is not a local cost-of-living index. Joined by exact Census PID6 or NCES LEAID; names are never used.

Where the money comes from

$4.97M in reported revenue.

Census finance source ↗
Federal13.4%$667,000
State59.4%$2.95M
Local27.2%$1.35M
Total expenditures$4.45M
Current spending$4.02M
Instruction$2.13M
Support services$1.68M
Capital outlay$359,000
Debt outstanding$2.19M

Fiscal year 2024. Census source amounts are published in thousands of dollars and converted here to dollars; per-pupil fields are published as dollar amounts. Revenue percentages are reproduced from the source.

District contact

WELLS ISD

Regular public school district that is not a component of a supervisory union

GradesPK12
StatusOpen
Address160 RUSK AVE, WELLS, TX, 75976
Open district website →
Still needed for a complete civic record

The federal layer is useful—but it is not the whole school board.

  • Exact trustee-seat geometry, current vacancies, and appointment history
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  • School-level outcomes, audited contracts and vendors, and inflation-adjusted spending comparisons
The source record

A functioning Census entity.

The Census ACTIVE field is Y for this record.

Census ID
187780
Record type
Independent school district
Classification
School district
School level
Elementary and Secondary
Status
Functioning
Published contact fields

Contact and location

Mailing addressPO BOX 469 · WELLS, TX · 75976-0469
Census contact/title fieldSupt
County areaCherokee

Websites are primarily self-reported and received only limited Census Bureau quality control. County area can mean the area most served or the headquarters county when boundaries cross counties.

Published context

Scale and parent relationship

Estimated enrollment2592023

Evidence boundary

What each source proves—and what it does not.

Established by the published records

  • The entity or system appears in the 2025 Census listing.
  • Its Census category, identifier, and functioning/dormant field.
  • Only the location, function, population, enrollment, and contact fields actually published.
  • The dated AskTED export reports the board names, roles, public emails, and term fields shown above.

Not established by these records

  • Whether each governing or administrative role is elected, appointed, or mixed.
  • The exact geographic service boundary or that a reported website remains current.