Total enrollment
36,971
-816 (-2%) vs SY 2020-21
57 schools in RICHARDSON ISD
Texas · 38,526 students · 3 cities
RICHARDSON ISD's public schools, 57 in all, serve about 38,526 K-12 students inside Texas, an average of 676 per school.
4-year change in RICHARDSON ISD
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25School count
51
-4 (-7%) vs SY 2020-21
Source: NCES Common Core of Data, enrollment-weighted demographic averages
How RICHARDSON ISD ranks
Among districts| Measure | This district | In Texas | In the US |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 50.2% | #250 of 667 | N/A |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 38,526 | #31 of 760 | #151 of 9,234 |
| Number of schools ranked most first | 55 | #25 of 760 | N/A |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.8:1 | #362 of 758 | #4,178 of 9,044 |
| Free or reduced-price lunch share ranked highest first | 53.8% | #470 of 750 | #3,624 of 8,164 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 71.4% | #34 of 557 | #255 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 RICHARDSON ISD
State test results across the district's 52 scored schools run from Brentfield Elementary School at 84.1% proficient to Risd Academy at 11.4%, a gap of 72.7 points. That is the 7th widest gap among 352 Texas districts with four or more scored schools.
Since 2017-18, the 50 district schools that reported both years went from 37,469 to 36,961 students (down 1%) and from 2,518 to 2,658 full-time teachers (up 6%), 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 RICHARDSON ISD
RICHARDSON ISD is a rural-scale Texas school district running 57 schools with combined enrollment near 38,526.
On the level-by-level breakdown, RICHARDSON ISD consists of 42 elementary, 8 middle, 5 high schools, and 2 combined or other.
Per-school enrollment averages around 676 in this district, above the Texas typical of 606.
Trend over the past 4 years. Across the same 4-year window, public-school enrollment held roughly steady: 37,787 students in SY 2020-21 versus 36,971 in SY 2024-25. The school count fell from 55 to 51 across the same 4-year window.
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