5.31.2006

School District Trivia

  • In Texas, there are 1,031 independent school districts.
  • Those districts educate over 4.3 million kids.
  • That number grows by 72,500 every year.
  • Half of the 1,031 districts have less than 700 students each.
  • 25% of all students go to 12 districts.
  • The largest district is Houston ISD with 211,499 students.
  • The smallest district is Divide ISD with 10 students.

Source: Neeley v. West Orange Cove Consolidated ISD, 176 S.w.3d 746 (Tex. 2005).