Dallas ISD Enrollment To Deep Six Bond 2020?

Dallas ISD enrollment is down by 15,000 students from its lowered projections as school starts its second week per a report on Other Side Dallas. This is roughly twelve percent of the entire school population compared to the spring.

Texas school funding is largely based on how many students attend daily with additional funding factors for Special Education and English as a Second Language students. Dallas ISD operates with a $1.64B annual budget.

In addition to the enrollment issues, Dallas ISD officials admitted nearly ten percent of their student population who are enrolled do not have a district-issued electronic laptop or tablet despite mandatory online learning and a Title I population of nearly 90% of all students.

Despite these enrollment issues, Dallas ISD is moving forward with their MAP testing program. MAP stands for Measures of Academic Progress.

Dallas ISD Enrollment

Dallas ISD enrollment has been dropping by 1000 – 2000 students per year since a high of 160,000 students in the school year ending in 2015.

The lower enrollment numbers means the district may not have the revenue needed to support the $3.7B Bond 2020 package. Lower enrollment numbers on top of an auditor scandal which has still gone unanswered may leave Dallas ISD’s Bond 2020 program in a precarious position financially.