Education
BY COLBY FARR
Allen ISD student enrollment declines again in 2025 Allen ISD’s enrollment is projected to continue declining over the next five years, according to a report from demographics firm School District Strategies at a Feb. 23 school board meeting. The big picture Enrollment could decline between 1% and 2.3% annually over the next six years, according to School District Strategies’ projections. The projections come following confirmation that enrollment fell in 2025. Demographic Research Director Brent Alexander said enrollment has declined by 1,440 students since 2020. That’s about a 6.7% net decline, according to Alexander’s presentation. Enrollment has fallen each year since 2022.
Superintendent search firm selected Texas-based law firm Thompson and Horton is leading the search for Allen ISD’s next superintendent. AISD’s board of trustees approved an agreement with the law firm during a Feb. 9 workshop meeting following presentations by three consulting firms. Zooming in Consultant Mike Moses, a former state commissioner of education, said the firm works with four to six districts a year on superintendent searches. The firm typically invites 30-50 candi- dates in a confidential process when con- ducting a superintendent search, according to the presentation. Candidate applications will be narrowed in collaboration with the board of trustees.
Allen enrollment snapshot Allen ISD’s enrollment peaked in 2022 and has declined each year since. Enrollment is projected to continue falling.
Past enrollment
Low projection
High projection
25K
21,769
18,894
20K
17,525
15K 0
SOURCE: ALLEN ISD/ COMMUNITY IMPACT
Allen ISD officials look to meet school bus seatbelt bill Allen ISD officials plan to report back to the state an estimated cost for complying with a new law that requires school buses to be equipped with three-point seatbelts. The overview Senate Bill 546 was passed in 2025 and requires
Bus fleet and seatbelt status Allen ISD operates 138 buses as part of its fleet. Some of those buses are equipped with three- point seatbelts but a majority are not.
passenger. The deadline for compliance with the law is Sept. 1, 2029, but the state is requesting estimated costs from districts by the end of the current school year. It would cost $20.79 million to replace all buses that currently don’t have three-point seatbelts, said Clint Cypert, executive director of support services, at a March 2 meeting. It would cost nearly $3.46 million to retrofit buses that don’t have three-point seatbelts.
No passenger seatbelts: 71 Three-point seatbelts: 39 Lap belts (two-point): 28
Total buses 138
that all school buses operated by the school district are equipped with seatbelts for every
SOURCE: ALLEN ISD/COMMUNITY IMPACT
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