%48 of Lamar's students are considered "economically disadvantaged." ? (Katy: calculation, exemption)

[Meyerland]

Originally Posted by misterno

Yes I am

Because they also pay extremely high taxes to be in that public school's zone.

So they paying for something that they never use...

We moved into Houston from Katy. We pay just a bit more in taxes than we did in Katy, and our house is much more expensive. You pay more taxes in some of the burbs. MUD taxes are the worst thing ever.

[diggity101]

You ain't kidding. I was visiting a friend in Bridgeland and he told me they were around 3.7%. I don't think their homestead exemption is as good as ours either.

[Lowexpectations]

Originally Posted by Meyerland

We moved into Houston from Katy. We pay just a bit more in taxes than we did in Katy, and our house is much more expensive. You pay more taxes in some of the burbs.

Katy isd rate is 1.5266% and only allows a 15,000 exemption

Hisd rate is 1.1967% with a 20% plus 15,000 exemption, with just the 20% exemption your effective rate is 0.95736% or nearly 40% less than Katy

[Lowexpectations]

Originally Posted by diggity101

You ain't kidding. I was visiting a friend in Bridgeland and he told me they were around 3.7%. I don't think their homestead exemption is as good as ours either.

That rate is the most you could pay without any exemptions. Cfisd's exemptions is 20%+15k but the effective all in tax bill is still up there just under 3% effective with a homestead

[misterno]

Originally Posted by Dopo

You are right, but is not always true
I went to one of the worst schools in my city in Venezuela from 7th to 9th grade before coming to the US and finishing High School.
I still went to engineering school and became an electrical engineer.

Sample size = 1

Statistical importance = None

[diggity101]

Originally Posted by Lowexpectations

That rate is the most you could pay without any exemptions. Cfisd's exemptions is 20%+15k but the effective all in tax bill is still up there just under 3% effective with a homestead

it's not 20% + 15K, it's likely $15K off the top, plus 20% off of the school district and other municipality tax rates.

In the City of Houston, it's ~2% so that makes a pretty big difference.

[misterno]

Originally Posted by colcat

In Conroe ISD, there are schools with low income kids and there are schools with upper income kids and I can tell you that standards are higher in the upper income schools. Is it fair? I don't know, but many low income students come from families that either don't have the time, resources or education themselves to make education a priority for their children. I'm not saying they don't care, I'm just saying that poor people are generally less educated then rich people. Some of those poor students would do very poorly in a more rigorous curriculum. Also, the PTO's in the upper income schools contribute much, much more money to the school that their kid goes to, so there are more resources for a more quality education. School district won't pay for many things to enhance a child's education. That's where the PTO's come in and supplement those many things. It's the parent's money, so they can decide how that money is spent.

what is PTO?

[diggity101]

Parent Teacher Organization

[Lowexpectations]

Originally Posted by diggity101

it's not 20% + 15K, it's likely $15K off the top, plus 20% off of the school district and other municipality tax rates.

In the City of Houston, it's ~2% so that makes a pretty big difference.

I said Cfisd's exemption is 20% + 15k and it is. At 3% it is still a lot more than houston

[diggity101]

If you're talking about only the ISD, but most people care about the total bill.

and technically it would be -$15K less 20%