Lake Travis High School in Travis County welcomed most students in 2023-24 school year

Lake Travis High School had the highest enrollment among Travis County schools, welcoming 3,677 students during the 2023-24 academic year, according to the Texas Education Agency.

Of all the students welcomed in the 2023-24 school year, 53.7% of them were boys, and 46.3% were girls.

Data also showed that the majority of students identified themselves as white, representing 64.6% of the total enrollment in Lake Travis High School.

Among the 298 schools in Travis County, Del Valle High School ranked second in enrollment numbers with 3,504 students, while Bowie High School welcomed 2,899 students and ranked third in the 2023-24 school year.

Lake Travis High School is a part of Lake Travis ISD, which roughly covers schools within Travis County with its main office in Austin.

In the previous school year, Lake Travis High School also had the highest number of students among Travis County schools.

A recent 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.

Underfunding is a frequently cited challenge facing the state’s school districts. According to a 2024 report from the Texas Education Agency, per-pupil funding has not increased since 2019, despite inflation rates rising by more than 20% since then.

“As a result, many districts in our very own Central Texas region are being forced to cut back on essential programs, services, consider school closures, and adopt deficit budgets just to provide students with the education that they deserve,” Hutto ISD Trustee James Matlock stated in an interview.