Texas Education Commissioner Mike Morath (2024) | onestarfoundation.org
Texas Education Commissioner Mike Morath (2024) | onestarfoundation.org
At the time, Kendall County had the 71st largest enrollment in the state.
Data also showed that white students made up 56.7% of the student body, the largest percentage in Kendall County schools, followed by Hispanic students at 37.2%, Asian students at 1.8%, Black students at 1.2%, American Indian students at 0.2%, Pacific Islander students at 0.1% and multiracial students at 2.7%.
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 |
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Boerne - Samuel V. Champion High School | 2,014 | 2,071 | 2.8% |
Boerne High School | 1,356 | 1,426 | 5.2% |
Boerne Middle North | 813 | 828 | 1.8% |
Boerne Middle South | 911 | 927 | 1.8% |
Cibolo Creek Elementary School | 471 | 438 | -7% |
Comfort Elementary School | 497 | 469 | -5.6% |
Comfort High School | 364 | 365 | 0.3% |
Comfort Middle School | 243 | 256 | 5.3% |
Curington Elementary School | 646 | 642 | -0.6% |
Fabra Elementary School | 702 | 706 | 0.6% |
Herff Elementary School | 610 | 626 | 2.6% |
Kendall Elementary School | 816 | 834 | 2.2% |
Oaks Academy | 45 | 47 | 4.4% |
Voss Middle School | 772 | 772 | 0% |