Total enrollment
46,491
-4,123 (-8%) vs SY 2020-21
67 schools in PASADENA ISD
Texas · 46,491 students · 4 cities
PASADENA ISD reports 67 public K-12 schools to NCES, with combined enrollment of roughly 46,491 Texas students (36 elementary, 22 middle, and 8 high).
4-year change in PASADENA ISD
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25School count
67
0 (0%) vs SY 2020-21
Source: NCES Common Core of Data, enrollment-weighted demographic averages
How PASADENA ISD ranks
Among districts| Measure | This district | In Texas | In the US |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 46.7% | #334 of 667 | N/A |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 46,491 | #25 of 760 | #112 of 9,234 |
| Number of schools ranked most first | 67 | #18 of 760 | N/A |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.3:1 | #283 of 758 | #3,512 of 9,044 |
| Free or reduced-price lunch share ranked highest first | 81.9% | #114 of 750 | #1,109 of 8,164 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 30.3% | #453 of 557 | #4,792 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 PASADENA ISD
State test results across the district's 63 scored schools run from Dr Kirk Lewis Career and Technical High School at 68.0% proficient to Young Elementary School at 26.5%, a gap of 41.5 points. That is the 95th widest gap among 352 Texas districts with four or more scored schools.
Since 2017-18, the 64 district schools that reported both years went from 54,637 to 44,848 students (down 18%) and from 3,837 to 3,366 full-time teachers (down 12%), 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 PASADENA ISD
PASADENA ISD is a thinly populated Texas school district running 67 schools with combined enrollment near 46,491.
On the school-mix side, PASADENA ISD spans 36 elementary, 22 middle, 8 high schools, and 1 combined or other.
On a per-school basis, PASADENA ISD runs about 694 students per school, 15% meaningfully above the state mean of roughly 606.
Trend over the past 4 years. Total public-school enrollment in PASADENA ISD has shrank 8% since SY 2020-21, moving from about 50,614 students to 46,491.
On this page, the community for PASADENA ISD discusses enrollment trends, district policy changes, and bus-route updates. Parents, students, and educators in the area can post or comment.