Attendance Projections

Attendance projections are estimates of student average daily attendance by program or instructional setting. The Texas Education Agency develops these projections and provides them to the Texas Legislature by March 1 of each odd-numbered year. The legislature then uses these projections to determine the cost of public education for the next biennium. The finalized numbers are used for the legislative payment estimates (identified as LPE) found in the Summary of Finances state aid reports.

Law 

• Texas Education Code: §48.269, Estimates Required

Foundation School Program Attendance Projections Subsystem

The Attendance Projections Subsystem opens in October of even-numbered years. School districts should review and update attendance projections.

• Foundation School Program (FSP) System
• Attendance Projections Subsystem Instructions (PDF 103 KB) 

Reports and Data

• FY2026 and FY2027 Attendance Projections Data (Excel, 1002 KB) 
• FY2024 and FY2025 LEA Projection versus GAA Adopted Projections (Excel, 276 KB) (PDF, 4967 KB)
• FY2024 and FY2025 Adopted Attendance Projections (Excel, 630 KB) (PDF, 3104 KB)

Office of Forecasting & Fiscal Analysis

Program Contact:
Thomas Heil
(512) 463-9622

 ADAprojections@tea.texas.gov