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How Coupland is run

Coupland spent $3,000 in the year to June 30, 2022, about $9 per resident.

Town website
Photo: Larry D. Moore
City budget
$3,000
spent, year to June 30, 2022
Per resident
$9
Below typical Texas cities ($1,280)
Long-term debt
None
at year end

What stands out about how Coupland is run

Read from the town’s budget, meetings and records. The page puts what stands out first.

★ What stands out · Your share of the budget

About $9 per resident a year, or $0.02 a day

The biggest line: courts, inspections & corrections, at 100% of spending.

Where the money comes from
Property taxes 82%Sales taxes 17%From the state 1%

Revenue is well above spending. That usually means Coupland collects property taxes for the school district and county and passes them on, so only its own spending is counted.

Who runs it

Who’s in charge in Coupland

Local officials aren’t in the public records we use for Coupland yet. Neighbors can add them.

The school district

Coupland Independent School District

Coupland’s elementary school district. It’s its own government, with a budget separate from the town’s.

Schools in Coupland →
$15,355
per pupil · TX $12,815
296
students
$25.9 million
long-term debt

Of the $15,355 per pupil, $9,345 goes to the classroom (teachers, aides, supplies); the rest to buses, buildings, counselors and administration. Building projects and debt payments aren’t in the per-pupil figure.

The district: schools, scores and graduation →

Where the district’s money comes from
Local 63%State 33%Federal 4%

Texas districts overall: 51% local, 36% state, 13% federal.

Also serving Coupland

Taylor Independent School District · $12,755 per pupil

School year 2023–24. Census Bureau school finance survey.

Who represents Coupland

From town hall to Washington

Every level of government that speaks for Coupland.

Politics & elections →
  1. 1
    Your cityMayor & council
    Local officials aren’t on record yet.
  2. 2
    Texas HouseState representatives
  3. 3
    Texas SenateState senator
  4. 4
    GovernorStatewide
  5. 5
    U.S. HouseYour representative in Congress
  6. 6
    U.S. SenateBoth represent all of Texas

Democrat · Republican · other or independent. Tap a name for their official page.

Reach Coupland’s government

Numbers and hours come from neighbors and the town’s own site (the Handbook). A new one goes live once two neighbors confirm it.

The Handbook →
Official websitecityofcouplandtx.us ↗

Questions about how Coupland is run?

Neighbors who’ve been to the meetings can help.

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Budget and staff: U.S. Census Bureau, Census of Governments and Annual Survey of State and Local Government Finances and the Annual Survey of Public Employment & Payroll. School district: Census school finance survey. Property tax: Census American Community Survey, 5-year estimates. Representatives: Open States, the Census and congress-legislators.

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