School Facts

Galveston Independent School District serves about 6,450 students. The tax rate is $1.165 per $100 valuation, the lowest in Galveston County. The starting salary for a teacher with a Bachelor’s degree begins at $43,300, and the average teacher’s salary is $47,877. Galveston College is a two-year community college serving over 6,000 credit students in fall, spring and summer semesters each year, and nearly 4,000 non-credit students annually.

Texas A&M University at Galveston is the ocean-oriented, branch campus of Texas A&M University offering undergraduate and graduate degree programs in marine and maritime-related fields. The Mitchell Campus on Pelican Island has about 2,000 students and about 400 faculty and staff. This unique university is also home to the Texas Maritime Academy, which incorporates the academic degree programs with professional licensing for the U.S. Merchant Marine and officer training for the U.S. Navy.

The University of Texas Medical Branch serves almost 3,000 students, and 560 interns, residents and fellows are enrolled in four schools and three institutes on the 85-acre campus on the east end of Galveston Island. (www.utmb.edu) 

Quarterly Sales Tax Report – City of Galveston 2011 Totals

Accommodations/Food Service .............................. $222,992,026

Admin/Support/Waste Management/

Remediation Services ................................................... $66,264,808

Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing/Hunting .............................$285,501

Arts/Entertainment/Recreation ................................. $29,266,654

Construction ................................................................. $86,850,112

Educational Services ...................................................... $4,023,684

Finance, Insurance ....................................................... $3,491,465

Health Care/Social Assistance ..................................... $1,430,987

Information .................................................................. $19,621,665

Manufacturing .......................................................... $144,040,023

Mining/Quarrying/Oil and Gas Extraction ...........$172,122,693

Other Services (except Public Administration) ........ $33,692,444

Professional/Scientific/Technical Services .............. $13,110,520

Public Administration .................................................... $5,283,421

Real Estate/Rental/Leasing ....................................... $29,103,477

Retail Trade .................................................................$537,018,498

Transportation, Warehousing .................................... $24,579,141

Wholesale Trade .........................................................$236,799,757

Source: Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts,

Quarterly Sales Tax Historical Data; To monitor updates throughout the year, visit www.window.state.tx.us.