Total enrollment
42,883
+1,409 (+3%) vs SY 2020-21
57 schools in KILLEEN ISD
Texas · 42,883 students · 4 cities
57 public schools operate under KILLEEN ISD, with roughly 42,883 K-12 students enrolled (34 elementary, 13 middle, and 9 high).
4-year change in KILLEEN ISD
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25School count
55
+7 (+15%) vs SY 2020-21
Source: NCES Common Core of Data, enrollment-weighted demographic averages
How KILLEEN ISD ranks
Among districts| Measure | This district | In Texas | In the US |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 43.1% | #417 of 667 | N/A |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 42,883 | #26 of 760 | #123 of 9,234 |
| Number of schools ranked most first | 55 | #24 of 760 | N/A |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.8:1 | #617 of 758 | #6,260 of 9,044 |
| Free or reduced-price lunch share ranked highest first | 61.8% | #365 of 750 | #2,668 of 8,164 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 72.6% | #20 of 557 | #177 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 KILLEEN ISD
State test results across the district's 49 scored schools run from Killeen ISD Early College High School at 82.8% proficient to Palo Alto Middle School at 24.5%, a gap of 58.4 points. That is the 37th widest gap among 352 Texas districts with four or more scored schools.
Since 2017-18, the 46 district schools that reported both years went from 40,370 to 34,865 students (down 14%) and from 2,579 to 2,207 full-time teachers (down 14%), 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 KILLEEN ISD
KILLEEN ISD runs 57 public schools across Texas, collectively teacheing roughly 42,883 students.
For a sense of the school types, KILLEEN ISD consists of 34 elementary, 13 middle, 9 high schools, and 1 combined or other.
On a per-school basis, KILLEEN ISD runs about 752 students per school, 24% noticeably above the state mean of roughly 606.
Trend over the past 4 years. Combined enrollment now sits at 42,883 students, grew 3% from the 41,474 reported in SY 2020-21. Over that span, KILLEEN ISD added 7 schools, going from 48 to 55.
Within the allk12 community for this area, the community for KILLEEN ISD discusses open enrollment windows, redistricting talk, and busing logistics. Discussions cut across districts, schools, and grade levels.