Whitehouse Independent School District enrolled 4,676 students in the 2024-25 school year, a 3.1% decrease from 4,826 the previous year, according to the Texas Education Agency.
Among the student body, 51.6% were boys and 48.4% were girls.
Data also showed that most of the students were white (2,901), representing 62% of the district’s total enrollment. Hispanic students were the second-largest group, totaling 754 students (16.1%).
The grade level with the highest enrollment was fourth grade, with 380 students enrolled that year, accounting for 8.1% of the total student body.
The district covers seven schools, and has a central office in Whitehouse.
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 |
|---|---|
| Whitehouse High School | 1,404 |
| Whitehouse Junior High School | 751 |
| H. L. Higgins Elementary School | 597 |
| Mozelle Brown Elementary School | 575 |
| Gus Winston Cain Elementary School | 508 |
| Stanton-Smith Elementary School | 486 |
| J. W. Holloway Sixth Grade School | 355 |
Information in this article was obtained from the Texas Education Agency. The source data can be found here.
