SOURCE:Enrollment Report
Enrollment Declined in 18 of 20 ESC Regions, Hitting Hardest in the Rio Grande Valley, Amarillo and Midland.
Statewide, total enrollment declined by about 1.4%. This overall contraction was widespread: 18 of the 20 ESC regions recorded fewer students in 2025-26 than the prior year, and Region 6 (Huntsville) was essentially flat, with a change of just six students.
The steepest losses in percentage terms occurred in Region 18 (Midland/Odessa, -3.1%), Region 16 (Amarillo, -3%), and Region 1 (Edinburg/Rio Grande Valley, -2.6%).
In raw numbers, the largest declines were concentrated in the state’s most populous regions: Region 4 (Houston) shed approximately 24,500 students, Region 1 lost around 11,400, and Region 10 (Richardson/Dallas area) declined by nearly 13,000. Together, the enrollment declines in Regions 1, 4, and 10 account for more than half of the statewide decrease.
