Mount Pleasant Independent School District enrolled 5,153 students in the 2024-25 school year, unchanged from the previous year, according to the Texas Education Agency.
Among the student body, 51% were boys and 49% were girls.
Data also showed that most of the students were Hispanic (3,636), representing 70.6% of the district’s total enrollment. White students were the second-largest group, totaling 804 students (15.6%).
The grade level with the highest enrollment was tenth grade, with 410 students enrolled that year, accounting for 8% of the total student body.
The district covers nine schools, and has a central office in Mount Pleasant.
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 |
|---|---|
| Mount Pleasant High School | 1,557 |
| Mount Pleasant Junior High School | 713 |
| P. E. Wallace Middle School | 698 |
| Annie Sims Elementary School | 508 |
| E. C. Brice Elementary School | 485 |
| Child Development Center | 416 |
| Vivian Fowler Elementary School | 388 |
| Frances Corprew Elementary School | 375 |
| Mount Pleasant DAEP | 13 |
Information in this article was obtained from the Texas Education Agency. The source data can be found here.
