The video above is from a 2023 report on HISD enrollment.
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The breakdown
Community Impact analyzed data from the TEA to learn how many students left public school districts and where students transferred to for the 2022-23 school year. According to data for 27 Greater Houston-area schools, the districts with the highest transfer numbers were:
- Houston ISD with 51,138 net transfers out
- Alief ISD with 9,196 net transfers out
- Fort Bend ISD with 7,645 net transfers out
- Cy-Fair ISD with 5,576 net transfers out
- Aldine ISD with 5,413 net transfers out
Net transfers account for both students transferring into and out of a school district.
According to the data, some school districts saw a net increase in enrollment through transfers in 2022-23, including:
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- Deer Park ISD
- Galena Park ISD
- Montgomery ISD
- Tomball ISD
When looking at the net transfer numbers as a portion of total student enrollment, a few different leaders emerged for top transfers-out, but Houston ISD and Alief ISD remained in the highest rankings. According to TEA data, the school districts with the highest percentages for net student transfers as a portion of total enrollment for 2022-23 were:
- Houston ISD with 28% of students transferring out
- Alief ISD with 23% of students transferring out
- La Porte ISD and Spring ISD each with 15% of students transferring out
- Fort Bend ISD with 10% of students transferring out
The context
While some districts lost students to other independent school districts in 2022-23, charter schools were a significant draw in the Greater Houston area, TEA data shows. Charter schools with the highest transfers in from public school districts include:
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- Kipp Texas Public Schools with 33,068 transfers in
- Yes Prep Public Schools Inc. with 16,366 transfers in
- Harmony Public Schools (North, South and West) with 15,637 transfers in
- Houston Gateway Academy Inc. with 2,128 transfers in
- Baker Ripley Community Schools with 1,790 transfers in
TEA does not track the number of students who transfer out of ISDs for private schools or homeschooling.
For more information or to view the TEA's transfer reports, visit the Texas Education Agency website.
This article comes from our ABC13 partners at Community Impact Newspapers.