Fort Bend ISD saw an uptick in both its total enrollment and students enrolled in special education, according to Texas Education Agency data released March 6. Meanwhile, average teacher pay for FBISD is lower than some districts in the Greater Houston area.
Over the last five years, more than half of public school districts across the Greater Houston area lost students, with one district seeing a more than 15% decline in enrollment, data shows.
Community Impact analyzed data from the TEA to learn how many students were enrolled at public school districts for the 2025-26 school year compared to the 2021-22 school year, as well as a variety of other metrics across local school districts.
The gist
Fort Bend ISD covers 170 square miles and is located in Fort Bend County, according to TEA data. It serves more than 78,000 students and has nearly 13,000 employees across 78 campuses.
In the 2025-26 school year, Cy-Fair and Klein ISDs had the highest-paid superintendents, while Lamar CISD and New Caney ISD had the highest-paid teachers, according to Texas Education Agency data released in mid-March.
Meanwhile, local teacher pay, according to TEA data, shows Fort Bend County on the lower end compared to several other districts in the area:
- Fort Bend ISD: $69,479
- Lamar CISD: $76,225
- Katy ISD: $73,094
- Cypress-Fairbanks ISD: $72,328
- Klein ISD: $71,963
- Pearland ISD: $73,603
- Houston ISD: $73,934
Diving in deeper
Many school districts in the Greater Houston area saw an increase in the number of students enrolled in special education programs in the 2025-26 school year compared to the previous year. Of the group, Lamar CISD saw one of the largest increases in the area—up more than 11%.
According to data for 28 Greater Houston-area school districts, the districts with the highest enrollments in 2021-22 and in 2025-26 were Houston ISD, Cy-Fair ISD and Katy ISD.
Also of note
Fort Bend ISD and Lamar CISD both saw students transfer out of the district, according to state data dated as of October 2025.
