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ENROLLMENT TRENDS · TEXAS

Texas schools on the rise

Texas public schools with the largest enrollment growth from 2017-18 to 2024-25.

Schools in this report
50
top growth in state
Top growth
+575%
IDEA RIO GRANDE CITY COLLEGE PREPARATORY
Range
+156% to +575%
2017-18 → 2024-25
TOP 50 TX PUBLIC SCHOOLS BY ENROLLMENT GROWTH · 2017-18 → 2024-25
SchoolCityDistrict2017-182024-25% change ↓
IDEA RIO GRANDE CITY COLLEGE PREPARATORYRIO GRANDE CITYIDEA PUBLIC SCHOOLS103695575%
YES PREP - NORTHLINEHOUSTONYES PREP PUBLIC SCHOOLS INC1491,004574%
IDEA BRACKENRIDGE COLLEGE PREPARATORYSAN ANTONIOIDEA PUBLIC SCHOOLS118671469%
LEGACY TRADITIONAL SCHOOL - CIBOLOCIBOLOLEGACY TRADITIONAL SCHOOLS - TEXAS164917459%
IDEA TRES LAGOS COLLEGE PREPARATORYMCALLENIDEA PUBLIC SCHOOLS123685457%
IDEA EWING HALSELL COLLEGE PREPARATORYSAN ANTONIOIDEA PUBLIC SCHOOLS119611413%
PAETOW H SKATYKATY ISD7253,447375%
IDEA NAJIM COLLEGE PREPARATORYSAN ANTONIOIDEA PUBLIC SCHOOLS101474369%
FULSHEAR H SFULSHEARLAMAR CISD7333,401364%
MARK TWAIN DUAL LANGUAGE ACADEMYSAN ANTONIOSAN ANTONIO ISD172694304%
ILTEXAS KATY WESTPARK H SRICHMONDINTERNATIONAL LEADERSHIP OF TEXAS (ILTEXAS)221869293%
TOMBALL STAR ACADEMYTOMBALLTOMBALL ISD104402287%
MINERAL WELLS SCHOOLSMINERAL WELLSMINERAL WELLS ISD8553,275283%
FOUNDERS CLASSICAL ACADEMY CORINTH - UPPER SCHOOLCORINTHTEXAS COLLEGE PREPARATORY ACADEMIES135509277%
STEELE MONTESSORI ELSAN ANTONIOSAN ANTONIO ISD105395276%
JOAQUIN SCHOOLSJOAQUINJOAQUIN ISD201720258%
SHAMROCK ISDSHAMROCKSHAMROCK ISD100343243%
BARACK OBAMA MALE LEADERSHIP ACAD AT A MACEO SMITHDALLASDALLAS ISD167554232%
MCLEOD SCHOOLMCLEODMCLEOD ISD132424221%
IDEA JUDSON COLLEGE PREPARATORYSAN ANTONIOIDEA PUBLIC SCHOOLS233747221%
IDEA MAYS COLLEGE PREPARATORYSAN ANTONIOIDEA PUBLIC SCHOOLS238748214%
VISTA RIDGE MIDDLEFORT WORTHKELLER ISD251786213%
SAM HOUSTON STATE UNIVERSITY CHARTER SCHOOLSPRINGSAM HOUSTON STATE UNIVERSITY CHARTER SCHOOL140437212%
CAST TECH H SSAN ANTONIOSAN ANTONIO ISD147451207%
DEAN LEAMAN JHFULSHEARLAMAR CISD9502,888204%
WOLF RANCH ELGEORGETOWNGEORGETOWN ISD286869204%
LAMESA SCHOOLSLAMESALAMESA ISD4911,484202%
FT DAVIS SCHOOLFT DAVISFT DAVIS ISD226682202%
ENERGIZED FOR STEM ACADEMY H SHOUSTONHOUSTON ISD173520201%
IDEA BLUFF SPRINGS COLLEGE PREPARATORYAUSTINIDEA PUBLIC SCHOOLS234689194%
GEORGE I SANCHEZ NORTHHOUSTONGEORGE I SANCHEZ CHARTER134394194%
JOHNSON RANCH ELBULVERDECOMAL ISD4041,185193%
AVERY SCHOOLAVERYAVERY ISD104304192%
THE EXCEL CENTER (FOR ADULTS)LOCKHARTTHE EXCEL CENTER (FOR ADULTS)196571191%
BRIDGELAND H SCYPRESSCYPRESS-FAIRBANKS ISD1,2763,707191%
TEXAS EMPOWERMENT ACADEMY ELAUSTINTEXAS EMPOWERMENT ACADEMY106303186%
VANGUARD BEETHOVENEDINBURGVANGUARD ACADEMY6291,782183%
KLEIN CAIN H SKLEINKLEIN ISD1,4003,922180%
DAWSON PK-12DAWSONDAWSON ISD228628175%
VENTURE ALTER H SARLINGTONARLINGTON ISD283778175%
STEP CHARTER IIHOUSTONSTEP CHARTER SCHOOL119324172%
DAVINCI SCHOOL FOR SCIENCE AND THE ARTSEL PASOBURNHAM WOOD CHARTER SCHOOL DISTRICT362982171%
GRAHAM ELGRAHAMGRAHAM ISD368979166%
THE LEADERSHIP ACADEMYTYLERCUMBERLAND ACADEMY127332161%
SST CORPUS CHRISTICORPUS CHRISTISCHOOL OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY DISCOVERY9002,343160%
UPLIFT GRAND PREP H SGRAND PRAIRIEUPLIFT EDUCATION148385160%
MELISSA MIDDLEMELISSAMELISSA ISD6721,741159%
WILLIAM B TRAVIS VANGUARD ACAD OF ACADEMICALLY TAGDALLASDALLAS ISD200517159%
CYPRESS PARK H SCYPRESSCYPRESS-FAIRBANKS ISD1,2163,117156%
CLEVELAND H SCLEVELANDCLEVELAND ISD1,4173,627156%
50 of 50 rows · Brick-and-mortar only. Virtual, online, and cyber schools excluded. Schools must have had ≥100 students in 2017-18 and be open in both school years.↓ Download schools-on-the-rise-by-state-tx.csv

How this list was built

Every Texas public school that reported total enrollment in both the NCES SY 2017-18 and SY 2024-25 vintages was scored on percent change in enrollment. Schools needed at least 100 students in 2017-18 to qualify, which filters out small specialty programs whose percentage swings are dominated by noise. Brick-and-mortar only: virtual academies, cyber charters, and online schools are excluded by name pattern and by NCES is_virtual flag. Those schools dominate raw growth numbers but rarely represent a school families are choosing for their neighborhood.

Enrollment growth is a leading indicator, not a quality measure. Schools grow because catchment areas shift, because districts consolidate, because a magnet program opens, or because reputation pulls in transfers. A school on this list is one that more Texasfamilies are sending their kids to in 2024-25 than in 2017-18, for whatever reason. Pair this with the school's page on allk12 for test scores, demographics, and discussion.

Source data

NCES Common Core of Data, EDGE_ADMINDATA_PUBLICSCH MapServer, vintages 2017-18 and 2024-25. Refreshed yearly when NCES publishes a new admin-data release. School names, slugs, and current district affiliation come from the 2024-25 snapshot.

HOW TO CITE THIS REPORT

Anyone is welcome to cite or republish these findings. Please credit allk12.com and link back to this page so readers can verify the underlying data.

allk12 (2026). "Texas schools on the rise: enrollment growth 2017–2024." Retrieved from https://allk12.com/reports/on-the-rise/texas
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DOWNLOAD THE DATA
↓ schools-on-the-rise-by-state-tx.csv
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