Sundown Independent School District enrolled 552 students in the 2024-25 school year, a 0.2% increase from 551 the previous year, according to the Texas Education Agency.
Among the student body, 51.6% were boys and 48.4% were girls.
Data also showed that most of the students were Hispanic (334), representing 60.5% of the district’s total enrollment. White students were the second-largest group, totaling 202 students (36.6%).
The grade level with the highest enrollment was tenth grade, with 54 students enrolled that year, accounting for 9.8% of the total student body.
The district covers four schools, and has a central office in Sundown.
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.
| School | Total Enrollment |
|---|---|
| Sundown Elementary School | 231 |
| Sundown High School | 184 |
| Sundown Junior High School | 134 |
| Race (Roughneck Alternative Center for Education) | 3 |
Information in this article was obtained from the Texas Education Agency. The source data can be found here.
