This list of school districts in Texas is sorted by Education Service Center (ESC) region and then by county.
School districts are placed in several classifications. Among them are independent school districts, common school districts, municipal school districts, rural high school districts, industrial training school districts, rehabilitation districts for the handicapped, and several types of junior college districts. The U.S. Census Bureau considers the existing K-12 school districts to be independent governments, including Stafford Municipal School District, the sole school district in the state called a "municipal school district".
Texas school district boundaries do not typically align with county or city boundaries; a district can occupy several counties and cities, while a single city (especially larger ones such as Dallas, Houston, or San Antonio) may be split between several districts.
Almost all Texas school districts use the title "Independent School District", or ISD. Those few districts that do not have "ISD" in their names are nonetheless ISDs.
This list does not include: Juvenile prison schools run by the Texas Juvenile Justice Department (formerly by the Texas Youth Commission) Schools and school systems without campuses or local taxing districts, such as the Texas Tech University Independent School District Public charter schools
It does include ISDs run by orphanages or homes for troubled children. However, only three examples are known, the Masonic Home Independent School District (which closed in 2005 and is listed with the other defunct school districts below the main list), the Boles Independent School District (which later expanded to serve homes in the nearby area; the organization now also serves troubled children who are not orphaned), and the Boys Ranch Independent School District (which only serves troubled children who are residents; despite its name, it serves both boys and girls).
All districts come under the jurisdiction of the Texas Education Agency (TEA). Extracurricular activities involving competitions between schools typically come under the jurisdiction of the University Interscholastic League, which is not part of TEA.
Region 1 Brooks County Brooks County Independent School District
Cameron County
Brownsville Independent School District Harlingen Consolidated Independent School District La Feria Independent School District Los Fresnos Consolidated Independent School District Point Isabel Independent School District Rio Hondo Independent School District San Benito Consolidated Independent School District Santa Maria Independent School District Santa Rosa Independent School District South Texas Independent School District (also extends into Hidalgo and Willacy Counties)
Hidalgo County
Donna Independent School District Edcouch-Elsa Independent School District Edinburg Consolidated Independent School District Hidalgo Independent School District La Joya Independent School District La Villa Independent School District McAllen Independent School District Mercedes Independent School District Mission Consolidated Independent School District Monte Alto Independent School District Pharr-San Juan-Alamo Independent School District Progreso Independent School District Sharyland Independent School District Valley View Independent School District Weslaco Independent School District
Jim Hogg County Jim Hogg County Independent School District
Starr County
Rio Grande City Consolidated Independent School District Roma Independent School District San Isidro Independent School District
Webb County
Laredo Independent School District United Independent School District Webb Consolidated Independent School District
Willacy County
Lasara Independent School District Lyford Consolidated Independent School District (also extends into Cameron and Hidalgo Counties) Raymondville Independent School District San Perlita Independent School District
Zapata County Zapata County Independent School District
Region 2 Aransas County Rockport-Fulton Independent School District
Bee County
Beeville Independent School District Pawnee Independent School District (also extends into Karnes County) Pettus Independent School District (also extends into Karnes County) Skidmore-Tynan Independent School District (also extends into San Patricio County)
Duval County
Benavides Independent School District Freer Independent School District Ramirez Common School District San Diego Independent School District (also extends into Jim Wells County)
Jim Wells County
Alice Independent School District Ben Bolt-Palito Blanco Independent School District La Gloria Independent School District Orange Grove Independent School District Premont Independent School District (also extends into Duval County)
Kenedy County Kenedy County Wide Common School District
Kleberg County
Kingsville Independent School District Ricardo Independent School District Riviera Independent School District (also extends into Kenedy County) Santa Gertrudis Independent School District
Live Oak County
George West Independent School District Three Rivers Independent School District (also extends into Bee County)
McMullen County McMullen County Independent School District
Nueces County
Agua Dulce Independent School District (also extends into Jim Wells County) Banquete Independent School District Bishop Consolidated Independent School District Calallen Independent School District Corpus Christi Independent School District Driscoll Independent School District Flour Bluff Independent School District London Independent School District Port Aransas Independent School District (also extends into Aransas County) Robstown Independent School District Tuloso-Midway Independent School District West Oso Independent School District
San Patricio County
Aransas Pass Independent School District (also extends into Aransas and Nueces Counties) Gregory-Portland Independent School District Ingleside Independent School District Mathis Independent School District (also extends into Bee and Live Oak Counties) Odem-Edroy Independent School District Sinton Independent School District Taft Independent School District
Region 3 Calhoun County Calhoun County Independent School District
Colorado County
Columbus Independent School District (also extends into Austin County) Rice Consolidated Independent School District Weimar Independent School District (also extends into Fayette and Lavaca Counties)
DeWitt County
Cuero Independent School District (also extends into Gonzales County) Meyersville Independent School District (also extends into Victoria County) Nordheim Independent School District (also extends into Karnes County) Westhoff Independent School District Yoakum Independent School District (also extends into Gonzales and Lavaca Counties) Yorktown Independent School District
Goliad County Goliad Independent School District
Jackson County
Edna Independent School District Ganado Independent School District Industrial Independent School District (also extends into Victoria County)
Karnes County
Kenedy Independent School District Runge Independent School District
Lavaca County
Ezzell Independent School District Hallettsville Independent School District (also extends into Colorado, Jackson and Wharton Counties; also serves grades 9-12 from Vysehrad Independent School District) Moulton Independent School District (also extends into Gonzales County) Shiner Independent School District (also extends into Gonzales County) Sweet Home Independent School District Vysehrad Independent School District
Matagorda County
Bay City Independent School District Matagorda Independent School District Palacios Independent School District (also extends into Jackson County) Tidehaven Independent School District Van Vleck Independent School District
Refugio County
Austwell-Tivoli Independent School District Refugio Independent School District (also extends into Bee and Victoria Counties) Woodsboro Independent School District
Victoria County
Bloomington Independent School District Nursery Independent School District Victoria Independent School District
Wharton County
Boling Independent School District (also extends into Matagorda County) East Bernard Independent School District El Campo Independent School District Louise Independent School District Wharton Independent School District
Region 4 Brazoria County
Alvin Independent School District Angleton Independent School District Brazosport Independent School District Columbia-Brazoria Independent School District Damon Independent School District Danbury Independent School District Pearland Independent School District (also extends into Harris County) Sweeny Independent School District
Chambers County
Anahuac Independent School District Barbers Hill Independent School District
Fort Bend County
Lamar Consolidated Independent School District Fort Bend Independent School District Needville Independent School District Stafford Municipal School District (also extends into Harris County)
Galveston County
Clear Creek Independent School District (also extends into Harris County) Dickinson Independent School District Friendswood Independent School District Galveston Independent School District Hitchcock Independent School District Santa Fe Independent School District Texas City Independent School District
Harris County
Aldine Independent School District Alief Independent School District Channelview Independent School District Crosby Independent School District Cypress-Fairbanks Independent School District Deer Park Independent School District Galena Park Independent School District Goose Creek Consolidated Independent School District (also extends into Chambers County) Houston Independent School District Huffman Independent School District Humble Independent School District (also extends into Montgomery County) Katy Independent School District (also extends into Fort Bend and Waller Counties) Klein Independent School District La Porte Independent School District (also extends into Chambers County) Pasadena Independent School District Sheldon Independent School District Spring Independent School District Spring Branch Independent School District Tomball Independent School District (also extends into Montgomery County)
Liberty County
Cleveland Independent School District (also extends into Montgomery and San Jacinto Counties) Dayton Independent School District (also extends into Harris County) Devers Independent School District Tarkington Independent School District
Waller County
Hempstead Independent School District Royal Independent School District Waller Independent School District (also extends into Harris County)
Region 5 Chambers County East Chambers Independent School District
Galveston County High Island Independent School District
Hardin County
Hardin-Jefferson Independent School District (also extends into Jefferson County) Lumberton Independent School District Kountze Independent School District Silsbee Independent School District West Hardin County Consolidated Independent School District
Jasper County
Brookeland Independent School District (also extends into Newton, Sabine and San Augustine Counties) Buna Independent School District Evadale Independent School District Jasper Independent School District Kirbyville Consolidated Independent School District (also extends into Newton County)
Jefferson County
Beaumont Independent School District Hamshire-Fannett Independent School District Nederland Independent School District Port Arthur Independent School District Port Neches-Groves Independent School District Sabine Pass Independent School District
Liberty County
Hardin Independent School District Hull-Daisetta Independent School District Liberty Independent School District