Total enrollment
176,727
-37,448 (-17%) vs SY 2017-18
274 schools in HOUSTON ISD
Texas · 176,727 students · 2 cities
HOUSTON ISD (Texas) covers 274 public K-12 schools and approximately 176,727 students, averaging 645 per campus.
7-year change in HOUSTON ISD
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25School count
273
-9 (-3%) vs SY 2017-18
% White
10%
was 9%
% Hispanic
62%
was 62%
% Black
21%
was 24%
% Asian
5%
was 4%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data, enrollment-weighted demographic averages
About HOUSTON ISD
As a moderately sized district in Texas, HOUSTON ISD teaches 176,727 students across 274 schools.
On the school-mix side, HOUSTON ISD is made up of 181 elementary, 42 middle, 47 high schools, and 4 combined or other.
Trend over the past 7 years. Across the same 7-year window, public-school enrollment fell 17%: 214,175 students in SY 2017-18 versus 176,727 in SY 2024-25. The school count fell from 282 to 273 across the same 7-year window. On the demographic side, Black enrollment moved from 24% to 21% over the same window.
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