Alice ISD had the highest enrollment among Jim Wells County districts, with 4,297 students during the 2024-25 school year, according to the Texas Education Agency.
Of all students enrolled in the 2024-25 school year, 50.4% were boys, and 49.6% were girls.
Data also showed that most of the students were Hispanic, representing 91.3% of the Alice ISD total enrollment.
Among the five districts in Jim Wells County, Orange Grove ISD ranked second in enrollment numbers with 1,648 students, while Premont ISD enrolled 794 students and ranked third in the 2024-25 school year.
Alice ISD roughly covers schools within Jim Wells County with its main office in Alice.
In the previous school year, Alice ISD also had the largest number of students among Jim Wells County districts.
Texas has the nation’s second-largest K-12 public school system, serving about 5.5 million students with a student-to-teacher ratio of roughly 15:1.
About 42,103 teachers in Texas, or 12% of the state’s 352,234 teachers, did not hold an active teaching certificate during the 2024-25 school year, according to a report from the Texas Education Agency. The share of uncertified teachers has increased from 3.8% in the 2019-20 school year.
A 2026 study by WalletHub classified Texas as one of the least-educated states in the U.S., ranking it 41st out of 50 in educational quality and student outcomes.
| District | City (Main Office) | Total enrollment |
|---|---|---|
| Alice ISD | Alice | 4,297 |
| Orange Grove ISD | Orange Grove | 1,648 |
| Premont ISD | Premont | 794 |
| Ben Bolt-Palito Blanco ISD | BEN BOLT | 444 |
| La Gloria ISD | FALURRIAS | 119 |
Information in this article was obtained from the Texas Education Agency. The source data can be found here.
