Bond Debt | Ennis ISD Surpasses Midlothian ISD in Debt

Plus a whole bunch of other figures that readers might find enjoyable...and if my math is correct, the debt "is for the children" at the tune of:$9,354 per student (Ennis ISD estimate: 4,500 students) and $6,644 per student (Midlothian ISD estimate: 5,000 students.)

I could be off with the student population figures, but those were used merely as rounded "guestimates." So if we did in fact have 4,500 students in Ennis ISD, their share of that massive debt would be $9,354.

I didn't do all of the taxing entities, but just a sample...the rest my readers can do themselves at brb.state.tx.us --- that's the Texas agency that tracks this debt.
Bond debt figures are in (parentheses)
Figures as of June 13, 2010

Top 3 Highest
1. Red Oak ISD - $1.54/$100 ($235,499,558)
2. Ennis ISD - $1.51/$100 ($420,939,775)
3. Midlothian ISD - $1.39/$100 ($332,206,087)

Top 3 Lowest
1. Milford ISD - $1.18/$100 ($608,030)
2. Italy ISD - $1.241/$100 ($2,396,403)
3. Avalon ISD - $1.246 ($2,141,255)

Ellis County ISD Tax Rate (ABC order)
1. Avalon ISD - $1.24/$100
2. Ennis ISD - $1.51/$100
3. Ferris ISD - $1.27/$100 ($54,217,625)
4. Frost ISD - $1.25/$100 ($1,407,193)
5. Italy ISD - $1.24/$100
6. Maypearl ISD - $1.35/$100 ($30,646,539)
7. Midlothian ISD - $1.39/$100
8. Milford ISD - $1.18/$100
9. Palmer ISD - $1.27/$100 ($7,742,858)
10. Red Oak ISD - $1.54/$100
11. Waxahachie ISD - $1.36/$100 ($262,584,798)

Navarro College Debt (Corsicana, Mexia, Midlothian, Waxahachie)
$44,282,761

The Ellis County Observer & The Palmer Post
Ellis County Property Tax Rates

Top 3 Highest
1. Italy ($0.93 per $100 valuation) ($10,198,682)
2. Venus ($0.82 per $100 valuation) ($3,246,086)
3. Glenn Heights ($0.73 per $100 valuation) ($9,085,395)

Top 3 Lowest
1. Alma (no property tax rate)
2. Bardwell ($0.19 per $100 valuation)
3. Pecan Hill ($0.30 per $100 valuation)

Ellis County Cities Tax Rate (ABC order)
Note: Includes cities with property in Ellis County

1. Bardwell - $0.19/$100
2. Cedar Hill - $0.64/$100
3. Ennis - $0.69/$100
4. Ferris - $0.64/$100
5. Garrett - $0.35/$100
6. Glenn Heights - $0.73/$100
7. Grand Prairie - $0.66/$100
8. Italy - $0.93/$100
9. Mansfield - $0.71/$100
10. Maypearl - $0.68/$100
11. Midlothian - $0.65/$100 ($176,156,797)
12. Milford - $0.50/$100
13. Oak Leaf - $0.35/$100
14. Ovilla - $0.66/$100 ($12,014,418)
15. Palmer - $0.62/$100
16. Pecan Hill - $0.30
17. Red Oak - $0.63/$100
18. Venus - $0.82/$100
19. Waxahachie - $0.61/$100 ($255,742,042)

Ellis County Government Tax Rate
$0.36/$100 ($106,033,943)

Dallas County Government Debt
$175,045,300

Dallas Area Rapid Transit Debt
$5,331,079,854

Emergency Services Districts (1-9)
Note: ESDs provide rural fire service to unincorporated areas; their tax rate
by law is capped at 10 cents per $100 of valuation.

Top 3 Highest
1. ESD No. 8 (Avalon) - $0.10/$100
2. ESD No. 2 (Midlothian) - $0.08/$100
3. ESD No. 1 (Maypearl) - $0.07/$100

The Rest
ESD No. 3 (Italy) - $0.03/$100
ESD No. 4 (Red Oak) - $0.03/$100
ESD No. 5 (Ferris) - $0.03/$100
ESD No. 6 (Waxahachie) - $0.06/$100
ESD No. 7 (Bristol) - $0.03/$100
ESD No. 9 (Palmer) - $0.03/$100

Compiled by Joey G. Dauben/The Ellis County Observer & The Palmer Post
Source: Texas Bond Review Board brb.state.tx.us