Total enrollment
70,405
-15,829 (-18%) vs SY 2017-18
144 schools in FORT WORTH ISD
Texas · 70,612 students · 2 cities
FORT WORTH ISD, Texas runs 144 public K-12 schools today, teaching approximately 70,612 students across 88 elementary, 21 middle, and 28 high.
7-year change in FORT WORTH ISD
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25School count
135
-6 (-4%) vs SY 2017-18
% White
11%
was 11%
% Hispanic
66%
was 62%
% Black
19%
was 23%
% Asian
2%
was 2%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data, enrollment-weighted demographic averages
About FORT WORTH ISD
As an average-sized district in Texas, FORT WORTH ISD teaches 70,612 students across 144 schools.
In terms of grade levels, FORT WORTH ISD consists of 88 elementary, 21 middle, 28 high schools, and 7 combined or other.
On a per-school basis, FORT WORTH ISD runs about 490 students per campus, 19% below the state mean of roughly 606.
Trend over the past 7 years. Across the same 7-year window, public-school enrollment declined 18%: 86,234 students in SY 2017-18 versus 70,405 in SY 2024-25. The school count fell from 141 to 135 across the same 7-year window. The Black share of public-school enrollment fell from 23% to 19%.
On this page, the community for FORT WORTH ISD discusses open enrollment windows, redistricting talk, and busing logistics. Members of the local community share what they see day-to-day.