High School Principal Salary in Texas

How much does a High School Principal make in TX?

As of April 01, 2025, the average annual salary for a High School Principal in Texas is $119,074. According to Salary.com, salaries can range from a low of $93,028 to a high of $147,651, with most professionals earning between $105,441 and $134,033.

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$105,441 to $134,033

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Location	Avg. Salary	Date Updated
Location Abbott, TX	Avg. Salary $108,466	Date Updated April 01, 2025
Location Abernathy, TX	Avg. Salary $108,527	Date Updated April 01, 2025
Location Abilene, TX	Avg. Salary $108,795	Date Updated April 01, 2025
Location Ace, TX	Avg. Salary $116,816	Date Updated April 01, 2025
Location Ackerly, TX	Avg. Salary $108,002	Date Updated April 01, 2025
Location Addison, TX	Avg. Salary $120,552	Date Updated April 01, 2025
Location Adkins, TX	Avg. Salary $113,349	Date Updated April 01, 2025
Location Adrian, TX	Avg. Salary $110,053	Date Updated April 01, 2025
Location Afton, TX	Avg. Salary $108,002	Date Updated April 01, 2025
Location Agua Dulce, TX	Avg. Salary $113,605	Date Updated April 01, 2025

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What does a High School Principal do?

Common responsibilities of a High School Principal

Demonstrate executive functions such as planning, organizing, remembering, and regulating information and behavior as they pertain to student performance and achievement.

September 28, 2022

Requires the ability to compare and or judge the readily observable functional, technical, structural and compositional characteristics (whether similar to or divergent from obvious standards) of data, people, or things.

December 18, 2022

Maintains open and consistent lines of communication with students, including meeting and listening to students, and referring them for counseling services as appropriate.

February 28, 2023

Assist conducting informal and formal evaluations of teaching and administrative staff based upon frequent classroom observations to promote continuous learning and improvement of professional practice.

March 16, 2023

Assists the principal in the design and implementation of programs, based on current educational theory and research, to meet the specific needs of the school and its students.

March 18, 2023

Provides supervision for students on campus during extra-curricular activities, in parking lots, cafeteria, restrooms, athletic events and assemblies.

April 03, 2023

Manage the use of school facilities and grounds and coordinate programs associated with student safety to ensure a clean, orderly and safe learning environment.

April 05, 2023

Supervise and evaluate the performance of staff assigned to campus including assistant principal(s), teacher(s), counselor(s), librarian(s) nurse, instructional aides, clerical support staff, cafeteria staff, and custodians.

April 08, 2023

Develop and set annual campus performance objectives for each of the Academic Excellence Indicators using the campus planning process and site-based decision making committee.

April 23, 2023

Communicate effectively, coordinate campus functions, evaluate instructional programs and teacher effectiveness, implement policies and procedures, interpret data, manage budget and staff, manage multiple priorities and projects, and use computer and application software.

May 06, 2023

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Texas (/ˈtɛksəs/, locally /ˈtɛksɪz/; Spanish: Texas or Tejas Spanish pronunciation: [ˈtexas] (listen)) is the second largest state in the United States by both area and population. Geographically located in the South Central region of the country, Texas shares borders with the U.S. states of Louisiana to the east, Arkansas to the northeast, Oklahoma to the north, New Mexico to the west, and the Mexican states of Chihuahua, Coahuila, Nuevo León, and Tamaulipas to the southwest, while the Gulf of Mexico is to the southeast. Houston is the most populous city in Texas and the fourth largest in the...

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