Total enrollment
14,536
-865 (-6%) vs SY 2020-21
29 schools in ABILENE ISD
Texas · 14,536 students · 1 city
ABILENE ISD in Texas runs 29 public K-12 schools today, teaching roughly 14,536 students (an average of 501 per school).
4-year change in ABILENE ISD
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25School count
26
-2 (-7%) vs SY 2020-21
Source: NCES Common Core of Data, enrollment-weighted demographic averages
How ABILENE ISD ranks
Among districts| Measure | This district | In Texas | In the US |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 41.5% | #456 of 667 | N/A |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 14,536 | #89 of 760 | #581 of 9,234 |
| Number of schools ranked most first | 26 | #70 of 760 | N/A |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.9:1 | #499 of 758 | #5,332 of 9,044 |
| Free or reduced-price lunch share ranked highest first | 68.7% | #272 of 750 | #2,040 of 8,164 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 65.3% | #103 of 557 | #955 of 6,853 |
Districts need at least 2 schools and 500 students to be ranked. Test proficiency is ranked within the state only, since each state gives a different test. Each rank links to the full list.
Inside ABILENE ISD
State test results across the district's 20 scored schools run from Academy for Technology Engineering Math & Science at 84.2% proficient to Ortiz Elementary School at 19.8%, a gap of 64.4 points. That is the 28th widest gap among 352 Texas districts with four or more scored schools.
Since 2017-18, the 24 district schools that reported both years went from 16,225 to 14,379 students (down 11%) and from 1,073 to 967 full-time teachers (down 10%), as of 2024-25.
Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across each school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25; schools with fewer than 100 students and schools serving specialized populations are left out. Staffing figures come from the NCES Common Core of Data and count only schools that reported students and teachers in both years.
About ABILENE ISD
ABILENE ISD maintains 29 public schools across Texas, collectively teacheing roughly 14,536 students.
For a sense of the school types, ABILENE ISD spans 16 elementary, 4 middle, 8 high schools, and 1 combined or other.
On a per-school basis, ABILENE ISD runs about 501 students per school, 17% noticeably below the state mean of roughly 606.
Trend over the past 4 years. Across the same 4-year window, public-school enrollment declined 6%: 15,401 students in SY 2020-21 versus 14,536 in SY 2024-25. Over that span, ABILENE ISD closed 2 schools, going from 28 to 26.
In the discussion threads here, the community for ABILENE ISD discusses comparison threads between local schools and program reviews. Discussions cut across districts, schools, and grade levels.