Wylie Independent School District enrolled 5,606 students in the 2024-25 school year, a 1.8% increase from 5,507 the previous year, according to the Texas Education Agency.
Among the student body, 50.7% were boys and 49.3% were girls.
Data also showed that most of the students were white (3,419), representing 61% of the district’s total enrollment. Hispanic students were the second-largest group, totaling 1,372 students (24.5%).
The grade level with the highest enrollment was eighth grade, with 461 students enrolled that year, accounting for 8.2% of the total student body.
The district covers eight schools, and has a central office in Abilene.
Texas has the nation’s second-largest K-12 public school system, serving about 5.5 million students with a student-to-teacher ratio of roughly 15:1.
About 42,103 teachers in Texas, or 12% of the state’s 352,234 teachers, did not hold an active teaching certificate during the 2024-25 school year, according to a report from the Texas Education Agency. The share of uncertified teachers has increased from 3.8% in the 2019-20 school year.
A 2026 study by WalletHub classified Texas as one of the least-educated states in the U.S., ranking it 41st out of 50 in educational quality and student outcomes.
| School | Total Enrollment |
|---|---|
| Wylie High School | 1,537 |
| Wylie West Junior High School | 1,038 |
| Wylie East Elementary School | 776 |
| Wylie West Elementary School | 673 |
| Wylie East Junior High School | 540 |
| Wylie West Intermediate School | 465 |
| WYLIE EAST INT | 384 |
| Wylie West Early Childhood Center | 193 |
Information in this article was obtained from the Texas Education Agency. The source data can be found here.
