San Antonio ISD
San Antonio's Edgewood ISD: More Than Half of Students Chronically Absent
Correction: An earlier draft overstated two Edgewood subgroup rates and incorrectly said every subgroup was above a common threshold. The analysis and subgroup chart now use the package-backed values....
Fort Worth ISD's V-Shaped Recovery: From 81.0% Trough to 82.6%, but Still Below Pre-COVID Level
Fort Worth ISD reported a graduation rate of 81.0% for the Class of 2022, down 4.4 percentage points from its 85.4% rate for the Class of 2020.
Houston and Dallas Graduation Rates Rose Across Five Classes
Houston ISD and Dallas ISD both improved their graduation rates between the classes of 2020 and 2024. Houston rose from 82.0% to 84.3%, a gain of 2.3 percentage points. Dallas rose from 82.0% to 84.4%...
Five Major Texas Districts Are Below Their Enrollment Peaks
Houston, Dallas, Austin, Fort Worth and San Antonio ISDs were all below their enrollment peaks in the state's 2024-25 performance reports. But being below a peak is different from being at a historica...
Texas Districts Reach Opposite Ends of Their Enrollment Histories
Texas districts were reaching opposite ends of their enrollment histories before the newest statewide decline. In the annual performance reports for 2024-25, 224 districts matched their lowest counts ...
The Growth Machine Stalls
Texas's newer Student Enrollment Reports counted 5,467,642 public school students in 2025-26, last school year and the most recent published year used here. That was 76,613 fewer than the preceding ye...