Public schools in The Woodlands, TX

The Woodlands has 24 public schools with a 2024-25 address in the city: 2 high, 6 middle, 16 elementary, enrolling 27,063 students. They are run by 4 districts and agencies; Conroe ISD runs 18 of them.

NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25: schools open that year with enrollment · method

The 4 districts and agencies that run The Woodlands's public schools

Each district decides who can enroll where; its page holds its schools, spending and teachers.

DistrictSchools in The WoodlandsDistrict students, fall 2022Spending per student, FY23
Conroe ISD1870,783$10,349
Tomball ISD421,426$9,720
School of Science and Technology14,315$12,599
Thrive Center for Success192$36,348

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25: school location city and operating agency; NCES F-33 fiscal year 2022-23: district fall membership and current spending per student. Schools on a city's edge can serve students from outside it.

2 high schools in The Woodlands, 7,757 students

SchoolStudents 2024‑25Per teacherFree lunchDistrict
The Woodlands High School4,44417.99.0%Conroe ISD
College Park High School3,31316.621.1%Conroe ISD

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (membership, staff, lunch); level from the directory. All free (CEP): every student eats free under the Community Eligibility Provision, so the school reports no free-lunch count.

6 middle schools in The Woodlands, 7,492 students

SchoolStudents 2024‑25Per teacherFree lunchDistrict
Mccullough Junior High2,19517.610.5%Conroe ISD
Knox Junior High1,39516.424.2%Conroe ISD
Mitchell Intermediate1,25317.411.4%Conroe ISD
Creekside Park Junior High1,21918.510.6%Tomball ISD
Collins Intermediate71915.312.9%Conroe ISD
Wilkerson Intermediate71113.741.5%Conroe ISD

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (membership, staff, lunch); level from the directory. All free (CEP): every student eats free under the Community Eligibility Provision, so the school reports no free-lunch count.

16 elementary schools in The Woodlands, 11,814 students

SchoolStudents 2024‑25Per teacherFree lunchDistrict
Deretchin Elementary1,20915.912.8%Conroe ISD
Tough Elementary98815.94.8%Conroe ISD
Timber Creek Elementary97016.112.1%Tomball ISD
Creekview Elementary93715.612.5%Tomball ISD
Bush Elementary88116.314.1%Conroe ISD
Powell Elementary83015.416.1%Conroe ISD
Buckalew Elementary82317.314.2%Conroe ISD
Galatas Elementary79216.28.1%Conroe ISD
Lamar Elementary75913.839.5%Conroe ISD
Creekside Forest Elementary67614.57.1%Tomball ISD
The other 6 elementary schools
SchoolStudents 2024‑25Per teacherFree lunchDistrict
Hailey Elementary59214.149.3%Conroe ISD
David Elementary58516.38.5%Conroe ISD
Sst the Woodlands55915.936.3%School of Science and Technology
Glen Loch Elementary55512.944.3%Conroe ISD
Ride Elementary50813.025.8%Conroe ISD
Thrive Center for Success1508.0not reportedThrive Center for Success

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (membership, staff, lunch); level from the directory. All free (CEP): every student eats free under the Community Eligibility Provision, so the school reports no free-lunch count.

How The Woodlands's public schools compare with Texas's

The median The Woodlands school has 15.9 students per full-time teacher, more than the Texas median of 14.5. 22% of its schools ran a schoolwide Title I program in 2021-22, against 70% across the state. Its median school enrolls 827 students (state 507).

The Woodlands against Texas, schools open in 2024-25 with students
The WoodlandsTexas
Median students per teacher15.914.5
Median school size (students)827507
Schools with a schoolwide Title I program (2021-22)22%70%
Schools where every student eats free (CEP)0%52%
Charter schools8.3%11%

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (membership, staff, lunch program, charter status; the 24 The Woodlands schools and the 8,846 Texas schools open that year with students); Title I status CCD 2021-22. Students per teacher counts 2024-25 teachers and ratios from 3 to 99.

What to look at next in The Woodlands

  1. Conroe ISDRuns 18 of The Woodlands's 24 public schools and spent $10,349 per student in fiscal year 2022-23.$10,349
  2. The Woodlands High School, the largest high school in The Woodlands4,444 students in 2024-25, 17.9 per teacher.4,444
  3. Compare Conroe ISD with Tomball ISDThe Woodlands's two largest operators side by side: enrollment, spending and schools.
  4. The largest public schools in TexasTexas's 50 largest schools open in 2024-25, by enrollment.
  5. Find the school district for a The Woodlands addressA home's district, not its city, decides which public schools it can enroll in.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (schools and their operating agencies); NCES F-33 finance survey, fiscal year 2022-23 (spending per student).

Choosing among them: how to choose a school district with the federal data, and what a Title I school is.

Other cities in Texas

  1. Houston759 schools
  2. San Antonio521 schools
  3. Dallas352 schools
  4. Austin258 schools
  5. Fort Worth257 schools
  6. El Paso213 schools
  7. Arlington102 schools
  8. Corpus Christi90 schools

Questions about schools in The Woodlands

  1. How many public schools are in The Woodlands, TX?
    24 public schools with an address in The Woodlands were open in 2024-25: 2 high, 6 middle, 16 elementary, enrolling 27,063 students. 2 are charter schools.
  2. What is the largest high school in The Woodlands?
    The Woodlands High School, with 4,444 students in 2024-25 (Conroe ISD).
  3. Which districts run The Woodlands's schools?
    Conroe ISD (18 schools), Tomball ISD (4 schools), School of Science and Technology (1 school), Thrive Center for Success (1 school). A school's district, not its city, decides who can enroll.

These figures are for information and are not a substitute for the district's enrollment office, which confirms the school a home is assigned to.

Sources

Source: NCES Common Core of Data School directory, membership, staff and lunch files · 2024-25

Source: NCES Common Core of Data Public school search (the official record of each school) · 2024-25

Compiled from official source data by .