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Fastest-growing Texas public schools, 2017-2024

Texas public schools open in both 2017-18 and 2024-25 with at least 200 students in 2017, ranked by percentage enrollment change over the seven-year window.

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TEXAS · FASTEST-GROWING

#	School	City	District	2017-18	2024-25	% Change
1	Paetow High School	KATY	KATY ISD	725	3,447	375%
2	Fulshear High School	FULSHEAR	LAMAR CISD	733	3,401	364%
3	Iltexas Katy Westpark High School	RICHMOND	INTERNATIONAL LEADERSHIP OF TEXAS (ILTEXAS)	221	869	293%
4	Mineral Wells Schools	MINERAL WELLS	MINERAL WELLS ISD	855	3,275	283%
5	Joaquin Schools	JOAQUIN	JOAQUIN ISD	201	720	258%
6	IDEA Judson College Preparatory	SAN ANTONIO	IDEA PUBLIC SCHOOLS	233	747	221%
7	IDEA Mays College Preparatory	SAN ANTONIO	IDEA PUBLIC SCHOOLS	238	748	214%
8	Vista Ridge Middle School	FORT WORTH	KELLER ISD	251	786	213%
9	Dean Leaman JH	FULSHEAR	LAMAR CISD	950	2,888	204%
10	Wolf Ranch Elementary School	GEORGETOWN	GEORGETOWN ISD	286	869	204%
11	Lamesa Schools	LAMESA	LAMESA ISD	491	1,484	202%
12	Ft Davis School	FT DAVIS	FT DAVIS ISD	226	682	202%
13	IDEA Bluff Springs College Preparatory	AUSTIN	IDEA PUBLIC SCHOOLS	234	689	194%
14	Johnson Ranch Elementary School	BULVERDE	COMAL ISD	404	1,185	193%
15	Bridgeland High School	CYPRESS	CYPRESS-FAIRBANKS ISD	1,276	3,707	191%
16	Vanguard Beethoven	EDINBURG	VANGUARD ACADEMY	629	1,782	183%
17	Klein Cain High School	KLEIN	KLEIN ISD	1,400	3,922	180%
18	Dawson PK-12	DAWSON	DAWSON ISD	228	628	175%
19	Venture Alter High School	ARLINGTON	ARLINGTON ISD	283	778	175%
20	Davinci School for Science and the Arts	EL PASO	BURNHAM WOOD CHARTER SCHOOL DISTRICT	362	982	171%
21	Texas Online Preparatory Middle School	HUNTSVILLE	HUNTSVILLE ISD	764	2,050	168%
22	Graham Elementary School	GRAHAM	GRAHAM ISD	368	979	166%
23	Texas Online Preparatory High School	HUNTSVILLE	HUNTSVILLE ISD	853	2,228	161%
24	Sst Corpus Christi	CORPUS CHRISTI	SCHOOL OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY DISCOVERY	900	2,343	160%
25	Melissa Middle School	MELISSA	MELISSA ISD	672	1,741	159%
26	William B Travis Vanguard Academy of Academically Tag	DALLAS	DALLAS ISD	200	517	159%
27	Cypress Park High School	CYPRESS	CYPRESS-FAIRBANKS ISD	1,216	3,117	156%
28	Cleveland High School	CLEVELAND	CLEVELAND ISD	1,417	3,627	156%
29	Tatum Elementary School	FARMERSVILLE	FARMERSVILLE ISD	236	591	150%
30	Jubilee Leadership Academy	BROWNSVILLE	JUBILEE ACADEMIES	218	545	150%
31	Tarkington Elementary School	CLEVELAND	TARKINGTON ISD	297	738	149%
32	Jarrell Middle School	JARRELL	JARRELL ISD	362	899	148%
33	Irma Rangel Young Women's Leadership School	DALLAS	DALLAS ISD	244	604	148%
34	Draw Academy	HOUSTON	DRAW ACADEMY	282	696	147%
35	Harmony School of Endeavor Austin	AUSTIN	HARMONY PUBLIC SCHOOLS - CENTRAL TEXAS	407	1,000	146%
36	Nyos Lamar Elementary School	AUSTIN	NYOS CHARTER SCHOOL	355	858	142%
37	Melissa High School	MELISSA	MELISSA ISD	827	1,983	140%
38	Solar Preparatory School for Girls at Bonham	DALLAS	DALLAS ISD	294	703	139%
39	General Tommy Franks Elementary School	MIDLAND	MIDLAND ISD	398	950	139%
40	Jarrell High School	JARRELL	JARRELL ISD	462	1,101	138%
41	Pioneer Technology (ptaa) Mesquite	MESQUITE	PIONEER TECHNOLOGY & ARTS ACADEMY	206	484	135%
42	Iuniversity Prep	GRAPEVINE	GRAPEVINE-COLLEYVILLE ISD	615	1,415	130%
43	Lebanon Trail High School	FRISCO	FRISCO ISD	946	2,173	130%
44	IDEA Riverview College Preparatory	BROWNSVILLE	IDEA PUBLIC SCHOOLS	360	813	126%
45	Briscoe JH	RICHMOND	LAMAR CISD	891	2,003	125%
46	Weiss High School	PFLUGERVILLE	PFLUGERVILLE ISD	884	1,985	125%
47	Founders Classical Academy of Flower Mound	FLOWER MOUND	TEXAS COLLEGE PREPARATORY ACADEMIES	426	949	123%
48	Odessa Collegiate Academy Early College High School	ODESSA	ECTOR COUNTY ISD	214	476	122%
49	Rice Elementary School	RICE	RICE ISD	200	444	122%
50	Sst Advancement	HOUSTON	SCHOOL OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY DISCOVERY	293	646	121%

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