Find your Texas school district in seconds, or explore all 1,018 Independent School Districts, 9,774 public schools, and 1,330 private schools on one interactive map. Every district boundary is loaded live from the NCES EDGE database for the 2024-2025 school year — so the numbers on this page match what the U.S. Department of Education is using.

Texas school districts at a glance

Texas operates the second-largest public school system in the United States. For 2024-25 the state is divided into 1,018 geographically bounded school districts, covering roughly 676,742 km² — almost the entire 695,662 km² of the state.

Texas is distinctive in two ways. First, the default structure is the Independent School District (ISD) — autonomous bodies with elected boards, separate from city or county government. Of the 1,018 districts shown here, 995 are unified PK-12 districts; only 22 are elementary-only and 1 is an administrative entity. Second, Texas has an unusually large network of statewide charter LEAs that operate outside the ISD system — NCES EDGE lists these as separate agencies but does not map them to boundaries, so they do not appear on this map.

The largest Texas school districts by enrollment footprint

The 10 Texas ISDs below each run more than 80 public schools. Houston Independent School District is the largest in the state with 274 schools, followed by Dallas ISD and Fort Worth ISD. Every district on this list is a unified PK-12 district concentrated in one of Texas’s major metro areas.

Largest Texas school districts by land area

Texas’s rural ISDs are some of the geographically biggest school districts in the country. Culberson County-Allamoore ISD alone covers more land than the entire state of Connecticut. Most of these districts run just one or two schools across thousands of square kilometres.

Top Texas counties by public school count

More than half of all Texas public schools sit in the ten counties below. Harris County alone, home to Houston, contains about 1,201 public schools across multiple ISDs.

How to use the Texas school district map

• Search by address — type any Texas address, city, or ZIP code. The map drops a pin, zooms in, and highlights the district boundary that contains it.
• Use my location — browser geolocation centres the map on you and tells you which ISD you’re inside.
• Click any district to see its name, grade range, land area, public-school count, and NCES LEAID (the official federal identifier).
• Show public schools or Show private schools — toggle clusters of individual school locations on and off. Click any cluster to drill down; click any school for details.
• Share-link support — pan or zoom the map and the URL updates automatically. Copy-paste the URL to share the exact view with someone else.

Frequently asked questions about Texas school districts

How many school districts are there in Texas?

NCES EDGE maps 1,018 Texas school districts with geographic boundaries for the 2024-2025 school year. 995 are standard unified Independent School Districts (PK-12), 22 are elementary-only, and 1 is an administrative entity. The count does not include statewide charter LEAs, which NCES tracks separately but does not map geographically.

What is the biggest school district in Texas?

By number of schools, Houston Independent School District is the largest in Texas with 274 public schools. By land area, Culberson County-Allamoore ISD in far west Texas covers about 12,500 km² with just one school — the most extreme district-to-school ratio in the state.

How do I find out which school district my address is in (Texas)?

Type your address into the search box on the map above and press Find my district. The map drops a pin and highlights the ISD boundary that contains your address — the popup shows the district name, grade range, and public-school count. The match comes from a point-in-polygon query against the live NCES EDGE boundary service, so it reflects the current official geography.

Are charter schools included in this Texas map?

Brick-and-mortar charter school campuses appear as individual points when you toggle on “Show public schools” — they are counted in the 9,774 public school total. However, statewide charter LEAs (like Harmony Public Schools or IDEA Public Schools) do not have a single geographic boundary, so they are not shaded on the choropleth. If a charter campus sits inside an ISD’s boundary, it will show as a point but the boundary reflects the ISD, not the charter.

What is an NCES LEAID?

The LEAID (Local Education Agency ID) is the 7-digit federal identifier that NCES assigns to every school district. Texas district LEAIDs all start with 48 (the state FIPS code). For example, Houston ISD is 4823640. The NCES LEAID is what you’ll see used in federal data releases, the Common Core of Data, and Title I funding records.

How often is this Texas school district data updated?

The map pulls straight from the NCES EDGE FeatureServer, which NCES refreshes roughly once per school year after district boundary filings are reconciled with the U.S. Census Bureau’s TIGER/Line program. Boundary changes (annexations, splits, consolidations) show up in the next annual release. The current vintage is school year 2024-2025.

Explore school districts across the United States

This page is part of MapScaping’s US School District Finder — an interactive explorer covering every district in all 50 states plus DC. Visit the hub to search any US address, browse by state, or compare district structures across the country.

Data source: NCES EDGE (Education Demographic and Geographic Estimates) program, school year 2024-2025. Boundaries, school counts, and grade ranges on this page are pulled live from the official NCES FeatureServer and reflect the most recent federal release.