It's hard to put into context just how populous the state of Texas is.
Take the 32 largest school districts in the state for reference.
If you combined the total enrollment of those 245 schools you'd get a population (718,279.5) greater than that of Seattle, Denver, El Paso, Detroit, Boston, and dozens of other well-known American cities.
Simply put, the Lone Star State is large.
With that in mind, here's a look at the largest school districts in the state ranked in order of enrollment.
At the top of the list is District 6 with over 35,000 students. That includes Plano West (5579.5), Plano East (5445.5), Plano (4,999), Lewisville (4468), Coppell (4088.5), Hebron (3757), Flower Mound (3651) and Flower Mound Marcus (3094).
6A Districts Ranked In Order of Enrollment
District 6: 35,082.5
District 28: 26,662
District 23: 26,221
District 29: 25,550
District 14: 24,732.5
District 16: 23,555
District 17: 23,195
District 19: 22,883.5
District 22: 22,869
District 5: 22,801
District 8: 22,664
District 31: 22,533
District 25: 22,488
District 11: 22,443.5
District 2: 22,244
District 26: 22,208.5
District 15: 22,185
District 32: 21,870
District 21: 21,461
District 3: 21,301
District 27: 21,251.5
District 7: 21,243
District 30: 21,133
District 12: 21,045.5
District 20: 20,979.5
District 1: 20,484.5
District 9: 20,125
District 10: 19,887
District 18: 19,525
District 13: 19,315.5
District 4: 19,172
District 24: 19,168.5
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District 1 Enrollment
El Paso Franklin 2909.5
El Paso Montwood 2675
El Paso Coronado 2663.5
El Paso Americas 2615.5
El Paso Pebble Hills 2582
El Paso Socorro 2408
El Paso Eastlake 2342
El Paso Eastwood 2289
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District 2 Enrollment
Odessa 3926
Odessa Permian 3738
Midland 3234
Midland Lee 3199
San Angelo Central 3087
Wolfforth Frenship 2772
Abilene 2288
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District 3 Enrollment
Euless Trinity 3618
Hurst Bell 3087
Fort Worth Haltom 2717
North Crowley 2684
Fort Worth Paschal 2442
Weatherford 2279
Fort Worth Chisholm Trail 2245
Saginaw Boswell 2229
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District 4 Enrollment
Keller Timber Creek 3216
Keller 3158
Southlake Carroll 2786
Northwest Eaton 2593
Keller Central 2563
Byron Nelson 2559
Keller Fossil Ridge 2297
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District 5 Enrollment
Allen 6959
McKinney 3049
McKinney Boyd 2841
Prosper 2699
Denton Guyer 2639
Denton Braswell 2345
Little Elm 2269
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District 6 Enrollment
Plano West 5579.5
Plano East 5445.5
Plano 4999
Lewisville 4468
Coppell 4088.5
Lewisville Hebron 3757
Flower Mound 3651
Flower Mound Marcus 3094
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District 7 Enrollment
Irving 2942
Irving MacArthur 2875
Richardson Lake Highlands 2772
Richardson 2771
Irving Nimitz 2718
Richardson Berkner 2547
Richardson Pearce 2386
Dallas Jesuit 2232
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District 8 Enrollment
Arlington Sam Houston 4204
Arlington Martin 3674
South Grand Prairie 3340
Grand Prairie 2979
Arlington Lamar 2969
Arlington 2808.5
Arlington Bowie 2689.5
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District 9 Enrollment
Garland Sachse 2851
Wylie 2823
North Garland 2756
Garland Rowlett 2509
Lakeview Centennial 2455
Garland 2320
Garland Naaman Forest 2260
South Garland 2151
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District 10 Enrollment
Dallas Skyline 4184
Mesquite Horn 2899
Rockwall 2778
Mesquite 2629
Rockwall-Heath 2578
North Mesquite 2515
Tyler Lee 2304
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District 11 Enrollment
Duncanville 4529
DeSoto 2925
Mansfield Lake Ridge 2743
Cedar Hill 2634
Waxahachie 2495
Mansfield 2451.5
Hewitt Midway 2443
Waco 2223
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District 12 Enrollment
Killeen Ellison 3211.5
Belton 2937
Killeen Harker Heights 2844.5
Killeen Shoemaker 2539
Killeen 2513.5
Bryan 2397
Temple 2333.5
Copperas Cove 2269.5
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District 13 Enrollment
The Woodlands 4330
Conroe 4312
The Woodlands College Park 3155.5
Conroe Grand Oaks 2812.95
Conroe Oak Ridge 2482.5
Willis 2223
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District 14 Enrollment
Aldine MacArthur 3668
Spring 3456
Aldine Davis 3396
Spring Westfield 3167
Aldine 2906.5
Aldine Eisenhower 2831
Aldine Nimitz 2670
Spring DeKaney 2638
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District 15 Enrollment
Klein Forest 3598
Klein Oak 3584
Klein Cain 3406
Klein Collins 3387
Klein 3218.5
Tomball Memorial 2543.5
Tomball 2448
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District 16 Enrollment
Cypress Woods 3320.5
Cypress Lakes 3108.5
Cypress Ranch 3054.5
Bridgeland 2978
Cypress Falls 2974
Langham Creek 2959.5
Cypress Park 2715.5
Cypress Springs 2444.5
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District 17 Enrollment
Jersey Village 3371.5
Cypress-Fairbanks 3314.5
Cypress Creek 3137
Cypress Ridge 3113
Houston Northbrook 2973
Houston Memorial 2668
Houston Spring Woods 2335
Houston Stratford 2283
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District 18 Enrollment
Houston Bellaire 3458
Houston Sam Houston 2869
Houston Westside 2859
Houston Lamar 2832.5
Houston Chavez 2792
Houston Westbury 2415
Houston Heights 2299.5
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District 19 Enrollment
Katy Tompkins 4018
Katy Seven Lakes 3767
Katy 3466.5
Katy Cinco Ranch 3257
Katy Taylor 2915
Katy Mayde Creek 2892.5
Katy Morton Ranch 2567.5
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District 20 Enrollment
Fort Bend Ridge Point 2995
Fort Bend Travis 2831
Richmond George Ranch 2724
Fort Bend Dulles 2600.5
Fort Bend Elkins 2543
Fort Bend Bush 2532
Fort Bend Clements 2523.5
Fort Bend Austin 2230.5
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District 21 Enrollment
Galena Park North Shore 4505.5
Humble Atascocita 3644.5
Humble Kingwood 2800
Sheldon C.E. King 2773
Humble Summer Creek 2669
Humble 2651.5
Beaumont West Brook 2417.5
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District 22 Enrollment
Pasadena Dobie 4209
Deer Park 3999
Pasadena Memorial 3429
Pasadena Sam Rayburn 3121
Channelview 2810
Pasadena South Houston 2661
Pasadena 2640
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District 23 Enrollment
Alief Elsik 4277.5
Alief Hastings 4082.5
Pearland 3978.5
Alief Taylor 3012.5
Pearland Dawson 2915
Alvin 2845.5
Alvin Shadow Creek 2673.5
Houston Strake Jesuit 2436
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District 24 Enrollment
Dickinson 3205.5
Clear Springs 2972
Clear Falls 2753.5
Clear Creek 2615.5
Clute Brazoswood 2568.5
Clear Brook 2561.5
Clear Lake 2492
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District 25 Enrollment
Round Rock 3714
RR Cedar Ridge 2874
Round Rock Westwood 2858
Round Rock Stony Point 2789
Austin Vandegrift 2761
Round Rock McNeil 2753
Cedar Park Vista Ridge 2492
Hutto 2247
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District 26 Enrollment
Lake Travis 3401
Austin Del Valle 3337
Austin Bowie 2848
Austin Westlake 2833
Austin Akins 2770.5
Austin High 2359
Buda Hays Consolidated 2351
San Marcos 2309
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District 27 Enrollment
San Antonio East Central 3123
Smithson Valley 2980
Schertz Clemens 2657
New Braunfels 2634.5
Schertz Cibolo Steele 2606
South San Antonio 2514
Converse Judson 2504
San Antonio Wagner 2233
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District 28 Enrollment
San Antonio Reagan 3462
San Antonio Madison 3235.5
San Antonio Johnson 3201
San Antonio Lee 3058
San Antonio Clark 2950
San Antonio Brandeis 2839
San Antonio Roosevelt 2755.5
San Antonio Churchill 2746
San Antonio MacArthur 2415
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District 29 Enrollment
San Antonio O'Connor 3302
San Antonio Warren 3051
San Antonio Stevens 2857
San Antonio John Jay 2840
Northside Harlan 2823
San Antonio Holmes 2761
San Antonio Brennan 2744
San Antonio Marshall 2604
San Antonio Taft 2568
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District 30 Enrollment
Laredo United 4234
Laredo United South 3224
Laredo Johnson 3136
Del Rio 3055
Laredo Alexander 2904
Laredo Nixon 2305
Eagle Pass 2275
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District 31 Enrollment
La Joya 2854
Edinburg North 2763
Edinburg Economedes 2739
Edinburg 2565
PSJA 2463
Mission 2339
Edinburg Vela 2301
La Joya Juarez-Lincoln 2285
PSJA North 2224
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District 32 Enrollment
Los Fresnos 3313
Harlingen 3134
San Benito 3074
Weslaco 2651
Brownsville Hanna 2609
Brownsville Rivera 2504
Harlingen South 2328
Donna North 2257
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