Education
BY MICHAEL CROUCHLEY
Demographer projects continued PISD enrollment decline
Plano ISD’s enrollment is projected to dip below 40,000 students by the 2029-30 school year, accord- ing to a recent demographer report. The overview The district’s enrollment was down by 2,712 stu- dents in 2025-26 from the previous year, outpacing the projected decline by more than 1,300. PISD’s demography consultant Rocky Gardner of Zonda Demographics told the district’s board of trustees that he expects the enrollment to continue declining but “not at the same pace” as this year’s decline. “We did see a little bit of double whammy in Plano this past year,” Gardner said. “We had about 500 less newcomers, and we had about 150 more leavers.” According to the report, the district is expected to lose 1,652 students next school year. Enrollment is projected to dip below 40,000 in 2029-30 and continue decreasing through 2035-36.
PISD enrollment
The district’s enrollment is projected to drop below 40,000 in 2029-30.
48,840
50K
41,039
40K
36,845
24.56%
30K 0
School year
SOURCE: PLANO ISD/COMMUNITY IMPACT
That includes Senate Bill 2, which passed last May and will introduce a $1 billion education savings account families can use to pay for private school Enrollment impacts the amount of state funding the district receives, as it is awarded by student.
Zooming in Some of the district’s enrollment decline can be attributed to the city’s housing stock and birth rates, according to the presentation. Gardner said that there are “a lot of unknowns” in future enrollment projections due to several factors.
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