Texas Education Commissioner Mike Morath (2024) | onestarfoundation.org
Texas Education Commissioner Mike Morath (2024) | onestarfoundation.org
Out of the total students welcomed in the 2022-23 school year, 51.4% of them were boys, and 48.6% were girls.
The most represented ethnicity among Katy ISD students was Hispanic, accounting for 36.3% of the student population.
Among the 10 districts in Fort Bend County, Fort Bend ISD ranked second in enrollment numbers with 79,660 students, while Lamar CISD welcomed 42,461 students and ranked third in the 2022-23 school year.
Katy ISD roughly covers schools within Fort Bend County with its main office in Katy.
In the previous school year, Katy ISD had the highest number of students among Fort Bend County districts.
Texas is found to be one of the least educated states in the U.S. A study from WalletHub ranked Texas 41st out of 50 states in terms of the quality of the educational system and how successful students were.
More than 5.4 million students are enrolled in public schools across Texas. Nearly one million of them live in rural areas where options for local public schools are few and far between.
The Texas education system is currently torn between public schools and taxpayer-funded private schools.
Critics argue that private schools use funds that should go to the public school system, while private school advocates claim they’re offering better education for more Texas students.
| District | City (Main Office) | Total enrollment |
|---|---|---|
| Katy ISD | Katy | 92,667 |
| Fort Bend ISD | Sugar Land | 79,660 |
| Lamar CISD | Rosenberg | 42,461 |
| Kipp Texas Public Schools | Houston | 33,068 |
| International Leadership of Texas (ILTEXAS) | Richardson | 22,139 |
| Stafford MSD | Stafford | 3,641 |
| Needville ISD | Needville | 3,553 |
| Brazos ISD | Wallis | 851 |
| Arrow Academy | College Station | 675 |
| Brookesmith ISD | 188 |
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