Education (K-12) · 2024–25 school year
Texas Public Schools
Public K-12 education statistics for Texas — 5,545,640 students in 9,774 schools in 2024–25, with enrollment history back to 1986 and county-level detail from 2002.
| Statistic | Value | School year |
|---|---|---|
| Student enrollment | 5,545,640 | 2024–25 |
| Public schools | 9,774 | 2024–25 |
| Teachers (full-time equivalent) | 369,150 | 2024–25 |
| Pupil-teacher ratio | 14.9 | 2024–25 |
| Free/reduced-price lunch students | 61.6% | 2024–25 |
| School poverty rate (MEPS) | 18.8% | 2022–23 |
| Charter school enrollment | 8.8% | 2024–25 |
| High school graduation rate | 91.0% | 2023–24 |
| Math proficiency (of tested) | 40.9% | 2021–22 |
| Reading proficiency (of tested) | 51.1% | 2021–22 |
| Chronically absent students | 25.5% | 2021–22 |
| White students | 24.4% | 2024–25 |
| Black students | 12.8% | 2024–25 |
| Hispanic students | 53.5% | 2024–25 |
| Asian students | 5.6% | 2024–25 |
Not every statistic is collected every year — each row shows its most recent available school year (amber when older than 2024–25). Blank/absent means not collected or below reliability floors, never zero. Some universal-meals states no longer report free/reduced-price lunch — school poverty (MEPS) is the better lens there. A 0% charter share in a state without a charter-school law is a true zero.
Texas state report card
Outcomes reported directly by Texas’s education agency — often more current than the federal series above. Because each state uses its own tests, definitions, and reporting windows, these figures are not comparable state-to-state; each row notes how Texas measures it.
| Measure | Latest | Trend | School year |
|---|---|---|---|
Math proficiency (state test) How Texas measures thisSTAAR Mathematics, percent of tests at Meets Grade Level or Above (Texas's proficiency standard for federal reporting), all tested grades (3-8 plus Algebra I EOC), All Students, SY 2024-25. Statewide value computed as sum of district '# At Meets GL Standard or Above' / sum of district '# of Tests' from the TAPR district STAAR file (statewide summaries only in the Cambium portal - README known gap). | 44.7% | 2024–25 | |
Reading / ELA proficiency (state test) How Texas measures thisSTAAR Reading/Language Arts, percent of tests at Meets Grade Level or Above (Texas's proficiency standard for federal reporting), all tested grades (3-8 plus English I/II EOC), All Students, SY 2024-25. Statewide value computed as sum of district '# At Meets GL Standard or Above' / sum of district '# of Tests' from the TAPR district STAAR file - TEA's official statewide STAAR summaries live only in the interactive Cambium research portal (README known gap), so the TAPR district file substitutes. | 54.4% | 2024–25 | |
Chronic absenteeism (recent) How Texas measures thisPercent of students chronically absent (TEA definition: absent 10% or more of days enrolled), All Students, SY 2023-24. From the SY 2024-25 TAPR district attendance file: attendance/absenteeism inside TAPR lag one year (README parsing note), so the '2024 district Chronic Absenteeism' columns in the 2025 report = SY 2023-24. Statewide value computed as sum of district numerators / sum of district denominators (no state row in file). | 19.0% | 2023–24 |
Source: TexasDepartment of Education (public reporting), 2026 collection. Not comparable across states — proficiency reflects different assessments and cut scores; graduation, dropout, and college-going use each state’s own cohort definitions and windows. Absent rows mean the state doesn’t publish that measure in a comparable file.
Texas schools by county
Students enrolled, 2024–25.
Texas schools — FAQ
How many students attend public school in Texas?+
5,545,640 students were enrolled in Texas's 9,774 public K-12 schools in the 2024–25 school year, taught by 369,150 full-time-equivalent teachers (NCES Common Core of Data).
What share of Texas students get free or reduced-price lunch?+
61.6% of Texas public school students were eligible for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024–25 — a common proxy for student economic need.
What is Texas's high school graduation rate?+
91.0% of Texas's adjusted cohort graduated in the 2023–24 school year — reported by Texas's education agency (its 4-year ACGR, more current than the federal series, which lags to 2021–22). Graduation rates run from 2010–11 onward.
Where does this data come from?+
Core statistics (enrollment, schools, teachers, poverty, demographics) come from the National Center for Education Statistics — the Common Core of Data, EDFacts, and the Civil Rights Data Collection. The most recent graduation rates and the state report-card outcomes (proficiency, college-going, dropout, chronic absenteeism) come directly from state education agencies, which publish sooner than the federal series. Full source and license details are on the methodology page. pumsdata is independent and not affiliated with NCES or any state agency.
Other states
Data: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics (CCD, EDFacts, CRDC) and ED Data Express, plus current-year graduation and report-card outcomes from state education agencies. Full source and license details on the methodology page.