How St. Hedwig is run
St. Hedwig spent $1.8 million in the year to September 30, 2022, about $723 per resident. (A Census Bureau estimate.)
What stands out about how St. Hedwig is run
Read from the town’s budget, meetings and records. The page puts what stands out first.
About $723 per resident a year, or $1.98 a day
The biggest line: roads & transportation, at 90% of spending.
Thank you for being a neighbor
St. Hedwig didn’t report all of its 2022 figures to the Census Bureau, so most of these numbers are the Bureau’s estimates.
East Central Independent School District
St. Hedwig’s K–12 school district, shared with China Grove, Elmendorf. It’s its own government, with a budget separate from the town’s.
Of the $11,611 per pupil, $6,831 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.
Texas districts overall: 51% local, 36% state, 13% federal.
Schertz-Cibolo-Universal City Independent School District · $11,053 per pupil
School year 2023–24. Census Bureau school finance survey.
Who’s in charge in St. Hedwig
Local officials aren’t in the public records we use for St. Hedwig yet. Neighbors can add them.
0 full-time staff
On the payroll in March 2022 (a Census Bureau estimate).
By department full-time, plus part-time
Pay is March payroll times twelve, so it’s approximate. Part-timers count half in the bar lengths.
The typical homeowner pays $4,078 a year
Every local property tax on the home: town, schools and county. About 1.45% of the home’s value, vs 1.49% across Texas.
Typical yearly bill next door and statewide
The Housing page’s calculator splits a monthly payment into loan, tax and insurance at St. Hedwig’s rate.
Can I afford it? →The median bill homeowners report to the Census survey (bills of $10,000+ are reported as “$10,000+”). The effective rate is that bill ÷ the median home value: a rough guide, not the official tax rate. In a town this small the estimate has a wide margin.
From town hall to Washington
Every level of government that speaks for St. Hedwig.
- 1Your cityMayor & councilLocal officials aren’t on record yet.
- 2Texas HouseState representatives
- 3Texas SenateState senator
- 4GovernorStatewide
- 5U.S. HouseYour representative in Congress
- 6U.S. SenateBoth represent all of Texas
Democrat · Republican · other or independent. Tap a name for their official page.
Reach St. Hedwig’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.
Questions about how St. Hedwig is run?
Neighbors who’ve been to the meetings can help.
Your answer becomes a post in Town Square.
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 (for St. Hedwig, mostly the Bureau’s estimates). School district: Census school finance survey. Property tax: Census American Community Survey, 5-year estimates. Representatives: Open States, the Census and congress-legislators.