Sulphur Springs Independent School District enrolled 4,216 students in the 2024-25 school year, a 3.4% decrease from 4,364 the previous year, according to the Texas Education Agency.
Among the student body, 51.5% were boys and 48.5% were girls.
Data also showed that most of the students were white (2,128), representing 50.5% of the district’s total enrollment. Hispanic students were the second-largest group, totaling 1,374 students (32.6%).
The grade level with the highest enrollment was eleventh grade, with 336 students enrolled that year, accounting for 8% of the total student body.
The district covers eight schools, and has a central office in Sulphur Springs.
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 |
|---|---|
| Sulphur Springs High School | 1,270 |
| Sulphur Springs Middle School | 961 |
| Sulphur Springs Elementary School | 598 |
| Barbara Bush Primary School | 310 |
| Rowena Johnson Primary School | 306 |
| Bowie Primary School | 295 |
| Travis Primary School | 253 |
| Douglass Eclc | 223 |
Information in this article was obtained from the Texas Education Agency. The source data can be found here.
