Total enrollment
139,802
-17,030 (-11%) vs SY 2017-18
249 schools in DALLAS ISD
Texas · 140,630 students · 8 cities
DALLAS ISD is a public-school district inside Texas, running 249 K-12 schools with combined enrollment of roughly 140,630 students, broken out as 166 elementary, 42 middle, and 40 high.
7-year change in DALLAS ISD
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25School count
239
+1 (+0%) vs SY 2017-18
% White
6%
was 5%
% Hispanic
71%
was 70%
% Black
19%
was 23%
% Asian
1%
was 1%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data, enrollment-weighted demographic averages
About DALLAS ISD
Across 249 schools, DALLAS ISD hosts about 140,630 students in Texas. By footprint it is a moderately sized district.
On the level-by-level breakdown, DALLAS ISD covers 166 elementary, 42 middle, 40 high schools, and 1 combined or other.
Trend over the past 7 years. Across the same 7-year window, public-school enrollment shrank 11%: 156,832 students in SY 2017-18 versus 139,802 in SY 2024-25. The school count climbed from 238 to 239 across the same 7-year window. On the demographic side, Black enrollment moved from 23% to 19% over the same window.
On allk12, the community for DALLAS ISD discusses school events, board meetings, and seasonal calendars. Anyone with firsthand knowledge of these schools is welcome to weigh in.