{"id":225439,"date":"2026-04-01T09:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-04-01T14:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.texastribune.org\/?p=225439"},"modified":"2026-04-02T20:25:00","modified_gmt":"2026-04-03T01:25:00","slug":"texas-voucher-applications-demographics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.texastribune.org\/2026\/04\/01\/texas-voucher-applications-demographics\/","title":{"rendered":"White Texans, students previously in private school or home-school make up bulk of voucher applicants"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-custom-everlit-iframe-embed\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Everlit Audio Player\" src=\"https:\/\/everlit.audio\/embeds\/artl_WKBBEirmkAK?ui_cover_art=false&amp;ui_title_intro=Listen+to+this+article&amp;ui_title_icon=headphones&amp;client=wp&amp;client_version=3.0.3\" width=\"100%\" height=\"130px\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div><style>.wp-block-custom-everlit-iframe-embed { margin: 0 !important; }<\/style><div class=\"everlit-disclaimer\" style=\"margin: 0;\"><div style=\"margin-top: -0.5rem;font-size: 0.7rem;color: #4a4a4a;font-family: Open Sans, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif\">Audio recording is automated for accessibility. Humans wrote and edited the story. See our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.texastribune.org\/about\/ethics\/#ai-policy\">AI policy<\/a>, and give us <a href=\"https:\/\/airtable.com\/appFeleeKVUN0Iytx\/pagPG40gbkU0EfjIr\/form\">feedback<\/a>.<\/div><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Most of Texas\u2019 school voucher applications came from white families and children who previously attended a private school or home-school.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Texas comptroller\u2019s office, which manages the program, released final applicant data Thursday evening, saying it will continue verifying information before admitting students in the coming months. The program will allow families to use taxpayer funds for private school or home-schooling costs.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Of the 274,183 Texans who applied for vouchers before Tuesday night\u2019s deadline, 45% are white, 23% are Hispanic and 12% are Black. Low-income families make up 37% of applicants \u2014 defined by the program as a family of four earning $66,000 or less per year. Children with disabilities make up 16% of applicants.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For comparison, 24% of Texas 5.5 million public school students are white, 53% are Hispanic and 13% are Black. About 60% of students are considered low-income \u2014 defined in public education as a family of four earning $61,050 or less annually. Children with disabilities make up 16% of enrollment.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\t<figure class=\"wp-block-newspack-blocks-iframe\">\n\t\t<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\" style=\"height:600px; width:100%;\">\n\t\t\t<iframe id=\"newspack-iframe-x6YHJelu9J3k\" layout=\"responsive\" height=\"100\" width=\"100\" src=\"https:\/\/datawrapper.dwcdn.net\/6EOMp\/\" style=\"height: 600px; width: 100%;\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/figure>\n\t\n\n\n<p>Meanwhile, about 75% of voucher applicants attended a private school or home-school during the 2024-25 academic year. The comptroller did not provide data on students\u2019 current enrollment.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The state found nearly 25,000 voucher applications ineligible.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The applicant pool, while not fully reflective of the families who will ultimately receive voucher funds, indicates that taxpayer money will mostly flow to families who, before the program, had already committed to having their children educated in a private school or home-school.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>During the 2025 legislative session, state lawmakers and advocates <a href=\"https:\/\/www.texastribune.org\/2025\/03\/04\/texas-school-vouchers-low-income-students\/\">touted vouchers<\/a> as a benefit for low-income families and students with disabilities fed up with inadequate public schools. Of all applications, 63% came from middle- to high-income families \u2014 27% of them making at or above $165,000 per year for a household of four.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s not surprising that a state as big as Texas has more voucher applicants than other smaller states, especially with such a large marketing budget,\u201d Carrie Griffith, executive director of Our Schools Our Democracy, a public education advocacy group, said in a statement.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s also not surprising that so few public school families have applied for a private school voucher,\u201d Griffith added. \u201cPublic schools deliver special education services, provide transportation, support extracurriculars, keep kids safe, and prepare them for life. They are one of Texas\u2019s most effective, unifying public institutions. And the data remains undeniable: Most Texans want strong, fully funded public schools \u2014 not vouchers.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Travis Pillow, a spokesperson for the comptroller, said Texas anticipates having only enough funding to offer vouchers to children with disabilities and students from low- and middle-income families. Program participants, Pillow believes, will look different than the pool of applicants.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe are working on a detailed report that captures all our outreach efforts for year 1, but we know there\u2019s going to be more work to do to get the word out in year 2 and beyond,\u201d Pillow said. \u201cWe\u2019ll be looking for opportunities to reach more families we didn\u2019t reach in year 1 and for ways to build trust in this new program.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In <a href=\"https:\/\/www.future-ed.org\/directional-signals-a-new-analysis-of-the-evolving-private-school-choice-landscape\/#:~:text=in%20public%20spending.-,Student%20Demographics,-The%20demographic%20patterns\">other states<\/a> with voucher programs structured like Texas\u2019, white families with children previously in private school make up the majority of participants.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Most participating Texans with children in private schools will receive about $10,500 annually. Home-schoolers can receive up to $2,000 per year. Children with disabilities qualify for up to $30,000 \u2014 an amount based on what it would cost to educate that child in a public school.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Demand for the program exceeds $1 billion in available funding, which means the state will conduct a lottery to determine who can receive vouchers. The state will consider, in order of priority:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Students with disabilities and their siblings in families with an annual income at or below 500% of the federal poverty level, which includes a four-person household earning less than roughly $165,000 a year (12% of applicants).\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Families at or below 200% of the poverty level, which includes a four-person household earning less than roughly $66,000 (32% of applicants).\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Families between 200% and 500% of the poverty level (29% of applicants).\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Families at or above 500% of the poverty level (22% of applicants); these families can receive up to $200 million of the program\u2019s total budget. Children who attended public school for at least 90% of the prior school year will receive priority within this group (5% of applicants).\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Families must still find private schools \u2014 which are generally not required to accommodate students with disabilities \u2014 to accept their children. Whether families identify a private school will ultimately determine who receives voucher funding. Parents must have their children enrolled in a school by July 15.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Later this month, families will begin finding out if they can receive voucher funding. 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