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The fastest-declining public schools by enrollment in Taylor County, Texas

24 public schools in Taylor County, Texas appear in this ranking of the fastest-declining public schools by enrollment, ranked by the steepest enrollment decline between the 2017-18 and 2024-25 school years. WYLIE WEST EARLY CHILDHOOD CENTER leads the list at -61.0%, against a median of -15.6% across the ranked schools.

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Schools ranked

Taylor County, Texas

Best Enrollment change

-61.0%

Median Enrollment change

-15.6%

FASTEST DECLINING · TAYLOR COUNTY, TEXAS

#	School	City	District	2017-18	2024-25	% Change
1	WYLIE WEST EARLY CHILDHOOD CENTER	ABILENE, TX	WYLIE ISD	495	193	-61.0%
2	MARTINEZ EL	ABILENE, TX	ABILENE ISD	570	371	-34.9%
3	WYLIE WEST INT	ABILENE, TX	WYLIE ISD	692	465	-32.8%
4	BUFFALO GAP EL	BUFFALO GAP, TX	JIM NED CISD	328	224	-31.7%
5	ALCORTA EL	ABILENE, TX	ABILENE ISD	541	410	-24.2%
6	MADISON MIDDLE	ABILENE, TX	ABILENE ISD	989	770	-22.1%
7	CRAIG MIDDLE	ABILENE, TX	ABILENE ISD	962	771	-19.9%
8	CLACK MIDDLE	ABILENE, TX	ABILENE ISD	845	693	-18.0%
9	PURCELL EL	ABILENE, TX	ABILENE ISD	650	537	-17.4%
10	JIM NED MIDDLE	TUSCOLA, TX	JIM NED CISD	293	245	-16.4%
11	THOMAS EL	ABILENE, TX	ABILENE ISD	451	378	-16.2%
12	ABILENE H S	ABILENE, TX	ABILENE ISD	2,137	1,798	-15.9%
13	BOWIE EL	ABILENE, TX	ABILENE ISD	558	473	-15.2%
14	LONG EARLY LEARNING CENTER	ABILENE, TX	ABILENE ISD	806	692	-14.1%
15	ORTIZ EL	ABILENE, TX	ABILENE ISD	604	523	-13.4%
16	MERKEL MIDDLE	MERKEL, TX	MERKEL ISD	284	246	-13.4%
17	MANN MIDDLE	ABILENE, TX	ABILENE ISD	890	776	-12.8%
18	COOPER H S	ABILENE, TX	ABILENE ISD	1,787	1,570	-12.1%
19	WARD EL	ABILENE, TX	ABILENE ISD	565	502	-11.2%
20	BONHAM EL	ABILENE, TX	ABILENE ISD	538	481	-10.6%
21	MERKEL H S	MERKEL, TX	MERKEL ISD	314	281	-10.5%
22	STAFFORD EL	ABILENE, TX	ABILENE ISD	503	473	-6.0%
23	WYLIE WEST EL	ABILENE, TX	WYLIE ISD	698	673	-3.6%
24	MERKEL EL	MERKEL, TX	MERKEL ISD	570	563	-1.2%

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