District overview
Olfen ISD
Funding structure, how it compares to peers, and where major projects stand.
How Olfen ISD is paid for
Olfen ISD is a one-campus district near Rowena in Runnels County, Texas, with about 130 students. The district's notice says it gets about $19,545 per student from the state and about $1,495 per student from local property taxes. The state school-finance formula therefore pays for most of the budget. Local voters elect a five-member Board of Trustees, which meets on the second Tuesday of each month. The board sets the tax rate and budget and hires the superintendent.
State money is the main source
About $19,545 per student from the state vs. $1,495 from local taxes (2026-27 proposal).
Small tax base
Total taxable property value is about $23 million, down from $25.3 million.
Proposed tax rate up slightly
$0.84326 per $100 proposed, up from $0.82910; the average home's bill would go from $398 to $720.
Small debt, healthy savings
$315,000 in bonds outstanding and about $1.57 million in the operating fund balance.
The per-student figures come from the state's required tax notice, not a full budget. No adopted 2026-27 budget is posted.
Where the district stands
Major projects
Campus safety doors
stalledA $31,000 bid for doors that were not bullet-resistant got no action in February. The item stayed on agendas through May 2026.
- $31,000 bid, no action
- No action again
- On agenda with tennis court resurfacing
Funding
Not stated (bid amount)
School bus seat belt retrofit
not approvedThe board saw which buses lack seat belts and a quote for adding them to meet new laws, and took no action.
- On agenda
- No action taken
Funding
Not stated
Carport for district vehicles
underwayThe superintendent reported that a firm would start building a carport for district vehicles.
- Construction reported starting
Funding
Not stated
Recent news
Board agendas and minutes posted on the district website, January through May 2026, plus the posted 2026-27 budget and tax-rate notice, cell phone policy and Student Responsible Use Policy. The posted PDFs are scanned images and were read through OCR.
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