Aldine ISD
Aldine's Surge and Donna's Streak: Two Texas Districts Show What Turnaround Looks Like
Not every graduation story in Texas is about decline or stagnation. Two districts, serving very different communities but similar student populations, have posted the kinds of gains that most educatio...
One in Two Dallas Students Is Learning English
In 2004-05, fewer than one in three Dallas ISD students was classified as an English learner. Twenty years later, it is one in two. The district's LEP share hit 50.5% in 2023-24 and held at 50.4% in 2...
Texas Added 1.1 Million Students, Then Enrollment Growth Stopped
For 15 consecutive years, from 2006 through 2020, Texas public schools added students. Every single year. The gains were so reliable they became background noise: 121,701 in 2006, 96,574 in 2010, 79,4...
Houston and Dallas: Texas's Two Largest Districts Both Graduate Under 85%
Texas's two largest school districts tell a similar story with different details. Houston ISD graduated 84.3% of its Class of 2024. Dallas ISD graduated 84.4%. Both sit more than 10 percentage points ...
Nearly Half of Texas's Largest Districts Are at All-Time Lows
Seven of Texas's 15 largest school districts are at the lowest enrollment ever recorded. Two are at their highest. The other six fall somewhere between their peaks and their floors.
Houston ISD Hits Its Lowest Point in Two Decades
Katy ISD enrolled 44,212 students in 2005. Houston ISD enrolled 208,454. The suburban district on Houston's western edge was roughly one-fifth the size of its urban neighbor.
The Growth Machine Stalls
For 15 consecutive years, Texas added students. Every year from 2006 through 2020, the enrollment count climbed, absorbing 1.1 million new students over a period when most large states were already sh...