See how Houston-area school districts compare with in-person, virtual learning participation

In-person attendance rates range from 34%-85% in school districts around the Greater Houston area. (Tessa Hoefle/Community Impact Newspaper)

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By Matt Stephens, Danica Lloyd | 1:53 PM Sep 11, 2020 CDT | Updated 1:53 PM Sep 11, 2020 CDT

This week marked the start of the school year for many districts in the Houston area, including some that returned for in-person instruction for the first time since March.

On average, schools in Galveston County and Montgomery County are expected to see larger percentages of in-person attendance than schools in Harris County, where officials told superintendents they should not reopen for in-person instruction while the county’s COVID-19 threat level system is still set at “severe.”

Spring, Cy-Fair and Klein ISDs are among the districts with the highest percentages of students learning remotely. Montgomery, Magnolia and Friendswood ISDs are among the districts with the highest percentages of students learning in person.

See a breakdown of how each district expects their enrollment to be distributed at the start of the school year.

By Matt Stephens

By Danica Lloyd

Danica joined Community Impact Newspaper as a Cy-Fair reporter in May 2016 after graduating with a journalism degree from Union University in Jackson, Tennessee. She became editor of the Cy-Fair edition in March 2020 and continues to cover education, local government, business, demographic trends, real estate development and nonprofits.

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