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Harts Bluff Independent School District Police Department entry pay
What this agency pays a new officer to start, and how that compares with the rest of the country.
Entry pay onlyEvery salary here is what an officer is paid on day one, out of the academy — base pay on a 40-hour week, with no overtime, shift differential, specialty or education pay counted. Nobody stays on it.
Harts Bluff Independent School District Police Department starts at $55,000 a year — about $26.44 an hour on a 2,080-hour year, before overtime. That is $11,685 below the median of the 2,288 agencies on this list, and $5,204 below the median for special jurisdiction agencies.
Cost of livingPrices in Texas run about 3% below the national average, so this goes about as far as $56,668 would somewhere at average prices — $1,668 more than the headline figure. That average hides a wide spread: utilities at 88, where goods are 98. Based on state-wide price levels, because this agency is not tied to a single metro area, from the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis, 2024. The salary above is what the employer publishes; this line is our arithmetic on it, and nothing on this site is ranked on it.
What Harts Bluff Independent School District says about itself
The Harts Bluff ISD Police Department serves the district's three campuses at Mount Pleasant, publishing its department information, an officer compliment and complaint form, safety and gun safety letters, its safety and security committee agendas and its annual racial profiling reports. Its officers must be TCOLE certified, and the department offers comprehensive benefits and a flexible work schedule that follows the HBISD school calendar, with a starting salary of $55,000 and additional pay for certificate level: intermediate plus $500, advanced plus $1,000 and master plus $1,500.
What Harts Bluff Independent School District does
Harts Bluff ISD Police Department is the police force of a small rural district at Mount Pleasant, in north-east Texas. It is the other end of the school-police scale from the big suburban districts: a handful of officers covering a single district's campuses, working the school calendar rather than a shift rotation. The flyer sells the schedule as much as the pay — a flexible working year that follows the district calendar — which is the trade a school district force offers against municipal policing.
Shifts at Harts Bluff Independent School District
Flexible Work Schedule *Follows HBISD School Calendar.
A police schedule shaped by term dates rather than a shift cycle - holidays and in-service days move the whole pattern. Worth building the school year in first.
Where the figure comes from
Checked 20 August 2026. Harts Bluff Independent School District — Police Department recruiting flyer (TCOLE document library) — open the source document
Harts Bluff ISD Police Department's own recruiting flyer, published in the TCOLE document library: starting salary $55,000, TCOLE certification required, with certification pay of $500 intermediate, $1,000 advanced and $1,500 master on top. A license is not experience and the flyer names no prior-service requirement, so $55,000 is the entry rate. The schedule follows the Harts Bluff ISD school calendar.
Entry-level base salary only. Overtime, bonuses, education incentives, shift
differentials, locality pay and lateral rates are excluded, so most officers earn more
than this.
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How this level compares
Where Harts Bluff Independent School District sits is partly about the agency and partly about which level of policing it belongs to. The three levels do not pay the same.
| Level | Lowest | Median | Highest | Agencies |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Municipal | $33,280 | $68,140 | $163,619 | 1549 |
| County | $35,000 | $63,565 | $132,263 | 516 |
| Special jurisdiction | $31,200 | $60,204 | $107,954 | 71 |
| State | $33,994 | $65,166 | $110,916 | 145 |
| Federal | $70,477 | $73,502 | $86,530 | 5 |
| Territory | $16,640 | $28,236 | $43,354 | 9 |
Federal agencies pay the most to start
The middle federal agency starts at $73,502 — about $5,400 more than the middle municipal agency and about $9,900 more than the middle county agency and about $13,300 more than the middle special jurisdiction agency and about $8,300 more than the middle state agency and about $45,300 more than the middle territory agency. Harts Bluff Independent School District starts at $55,000, so $5,204 below the special jurisdiction middle.
How it ranks
Common questions
How much does a Harts Bluff Independent School District Police Department officer make?
Harts Bluff Independent School District Police Department starts a new officer on $55,000 a year, about $26.44 an hour on a 2,080-hour year. That is base salary before overtime, bonuses, education incentives, shift differentials and locality pay, so most serving officers earn more. The figure comes from Harts Bluff Independent School District — Police Department recruiting flyer (TCOLE document library).
Is that good pay for a police officer in Texas?
It ranks #134 of 151 agencies we have verified in Texas — 17 pay less, 133 pay more in the state — and #1,857 of 2,288 nationally. Against the national median it is $11,685 below, and against other special jurisdiction agencies $5,204 below.
What shifts do Harts Bluff Independent School District Police Department officers work?
Flexible Work Schedule *Follows HBISD School Calendar. That is the agency's own published wording; the pattern is drawn on this page.
Compare with another department
Put Harts Bluff Independent School District Police Department side by side with any other agency on the site — the two salaries, what each is worth once local prices are counted, and which comes out ahead.
The agencies either side of it
Other agencies in TX
| # | Agency | Level | Sworn # | Entry pay | Vs Harts | National |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Allen Police Department | Municipal | 153 | $91,106 | +$36,106 | #241 |
| 2 | Frisco Police Department | Municipal | 270 | $90,750 | +$35,750 | #252 |
| 3 | Plano Police Department | Municipal | 400 | $90,729 | +$35,729 | #253 |
| 4 | Grand Prairie Police Department | Municipal | 287 | $90,000 | +$35,000 | #270 |
| 5 | Hurst Police Department | Municipal | 61 | $87,048 | +$32,048 | #322 |
| 6 | Lewisville Police Department | Municipal | 181 | $86,268 | +$31,268 | #335 |
| 7 | Coppell Police Department | Municipal | 60 | $84,968 | +$29,968 | #355 |
| 8 | Rockwall Police Department | Municipal | 95 | $84,448 | +$29,448 | #362 |
| 9 | Farmers Branch Police Department | Municipal | 83 | $84,440 | +$29,440 | #363 |
| 10 | The Colony Police Department | Municipal | 86 | $84,082 | +$29,082 | #371 |
| 11 | Baytown Police Department | Municipal | 172 | $84,049 | +$29,049 | #372 |
| 12 | McKinney Police Department | Municipal | 248 | $83,992 | +$28,992 | #374 |
Base pay is only part of the year
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