Total enrollment
14,536
-2,306 (-14%) vs SY 2017-18
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 campus).
7-year change in ABILENE ISD
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25School count
26
-3 (-10%) vs SY 2017-18
% White
32%
was 36%
% Hispanic
47%
was 44%
% Black
15%
was 13%
% Asian
1%
was 2%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data, enrollment-weighted demographic averages
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 campus, 17% noticeably below the state mean of roughly 606.
Trend over the past 7 years. Across the same 7-year window, public-school enrollment declined 14%: 16,842 students in SY 2017-18 versus 14,536 in SY 2024-25. Over that span, ABILENE ISD closed 3 schools, going from 29 to 26. The White share of public-school enrollment contracted from 36% to 32%.
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.