South DFW News

There were 78,536 students enrolled in Ellis County schools in the 2023-24 school year, 7.5% less than the previous year, according to the Texas Education Agency.

At the time, Ellis County had the 17th largest enrollment in the state.

Data also showed that Hispanic students made up 39.3% of the student body, the largest percentage in Ellis County schools, followed by white students at 36.7%, Black students at 19.2%, Asian students at 0.7%, American Indian students at 0.3%, Pacific Islander students at 0.1% and multiracial students at 3.7%.

Underfunding is a frequently cited challenge facing the state's school district. According to a 2024 report from the Texas Education Agency, per-pupil funding has not increased since 2019, despite inflation rates rising by more than 20% since then.

“As a result, many districts in our very own Central Texas region are being forced to cut back on essential programs, services, consider school closures, and adopt deficit budgets just to provide students with the education that they deserve,” Hutto ISD Trustee James Matlock stated in an interview.

School name	Total enrollment in 2022-23	Total enrollment in 2023-24	% change
Austin Elementary School	359	370	3.1%
Avalon School	337	349	3.6%
Bowie Elementary School	434	484	11.5%
David S. Crockett Early Childhood Center	469	466	-0.6%
Dolores McClatchey Elementary School	679	674	-0.7%
Dorie Miller Intermediate School	399	419	5%
Dunaway Elementary School	454	465	2.4%
Earl & Marthalu Dieterich Middle School	947	990	4.5%
Eastridge Elementary School	510	536	5.1%
Eddie Finley Senior Junior High School	816	838	2.7%
Ennis High School	1,791	1,848	3.2%
Ennis Junior High School	886	891	0.6%
Evelyn Love Coleman Junior High School	829	814	-1.8%
Faith Family Master Academy	295	414	40.3%
Ferris High School	821	888	8.2%
Ferris Junior High School	590	606	2.7%
Frank Seale Middle School	671	666	-0.7%
G. W. Carver Early Childhood Center	427	442	3.5%
Houston Elementary School	302	336	11.3%
Irvin Elementary School	650	628	-3.4%
Italy High School	303	298	-1.7%
J. A. Vitovsky Elementary School	646	625	-3.3%
Jack Lummus Intermediate School	444	466	5%
Larue Miller Elementary School	528	502	-4.9%
Lee Longino Elementary School	360	396	10%
Life High School Waxahachie	1,048	1,102	5.2%
Life Middle Waxahachie	600	595	-0.8%
Life School Red Oak	1,037	1,040	0.3%
Longbranch Elementary School	652	664	1.8%
Lorene Smith Kirkpatrick Elementary School	356	354	-0.6%
Lucy Mae McDonald Elementary School	620	662	6.8%
Margaret L. Felty Elementary School	570	528	-7.4%
Marvin Elementary School	456	491	7.7%
Max H. Simpson Elementary School	627	679	8.3%
Maypearl High School	363	379	4.4%
Maypearl Middle School	306	270	-11.8%
Maypearl Primary School	187	221	18.2%
Midlothian Heritage High School	1,490	1,603	7.6%
Midlothian High School	1,994	1,940	-2.7%
Milford School	247	261	5.7%
Mt. Peak Elementary School	637	600	-5.8%
Northside Elementary School	523	497	-5%
Oliver E. Clift Elementary School	549	608	10.7%
Palmer Elementary School	501	526	5%
Palmer High School	370	388	4.9%
Palmer Middle School	433	424	-2.1%
Red Oak Elementary School	528	523	-0.9%
Red Oak High School	2,160	2,163	0.1%
Red Oak Middle School	1,546	1,540	-0.4%
Robbie E. Howard Junior High School	758	786	3.7%
Russell P. Schupmann Elementary School	682	706	3.5%
Shackelford Elementary School	476	441	-7.4%
Shields Elementary School	563	595	5.7%
Stafford Elementary School	331	330	-0.3%
T. E. Baxter Elementary School	600	584	-2.7%
Travis Elementary School	260	284	9.2%
Turner Prekindergarten Academy	235	261	11.1%
Walnut Grove Middle School	992	988	-0.4%
Waxahachie Global High School	412	356	-13.6%
Waxahachie High School	2,963	3,110	5%
Wedgeworth Elementary School	702	684	-2.6%
Wilemon Steam Academy	425	430	1.2%
Wooden Elementary School	504	524	4%