Fort Stockton Independent School District enrolled 13,480 students in the 2024-25 school year, a 60% increase from 8,427 the previous year, according to the Texas Education Agency.
Among the student body, 54.8% were girls and 45.2% were boys.
Data also showed that most of the students were Hispanic (6,748), representing 50.1% of the district’s total enrollment. White students were the second-largest group, totaling 3,401 students (25.2%).
The grade level with the highest enrollment was ninth grade, with 2,235 students enrolled that year, accounting for 16.6% of the total student body.
The district covers eight schools, and has a central office in Fort Stockton.
Texas has the nation’s second-largest K-12 public school system, serving about 5.5 million students with a student-to-teacher ratio of roughly 15:1.
About 42,103 teachers in Texas, or 12% of the state’s 352,234 teachers, did not hold an active teaching certificate during the 2024-25 school year, according to a report from the Texas Education Agency. The share of uncertified teachers has increased from 3.8% in the 2019-20 school year.
A 2026 study by WalletHub classified Texas as one of the least-educated states in the U.S., ranking it 41st out of 50 in educational quality and student outcomes.
| School | Total Enrollment |
|---|---|
| ESCHOOL PREP ACADEMY | 5,650 |
| LONE STAR VIRTUAL ACADEMY | 3,628 |
| Butz Preparatory Academy | 2,039 |
| Fort Stockton High School | 699 |
| Fort Stockton Middle School | 502 |
| Fort Stockton Intermediate School | 341 |
| Fort Stockton Apache Elementary School | 331 |
| Fort Stockton Alamo Elementary School | 290 |
Information in this article was obtained from the Texas Education Agency. The source data can be found here.
