School is back in session for Pilot Point ISD.
At the Aug. 12 school board meeting, staff reflected on growth, changes and enrollment numbers.
“At the end of last year, we finished with 1,754 as our enrollment total,” Superintendent Dr. Shannon Fuller said.
“As of today, we are at 1,823.”
Summer enrollment has steadily increased over the last two years.
In 2024-25, summer enrollment grew by 16 students. In 2025-26, that number nearly tripled to 53 students. Over the summer, 69 students were enrolled, which was “the largest summer increase in at least five years,” according to the Bearcat Board Bulletin.
Fuller added that the district’s enrollment is likely to surpass both the moderate and high-growth projections the demographer had set by the time the snapshot date happens in October.
“The elementary school is our hot spot,” Fuller said, adding that if growth continues to pick up and portable buildings are needed next year, that would be the first place they would go.
Valerie Wall, director of human resources and communications, said they are also looking to add another pre-K bilingual teacher to keep up with the influx of students.
Also at the meeting, the board heard the report that Pilot Point ISD has a College, Career and Military Readiness rating of 89% and a graduation rate of 96%.
“This is very, very difficult to do, and very few high schools in the region and the state even have numbers that are this high,” said Alicia Bonnett, assistant superintendent of curriculum and instruction. “So, I do commend our high school staff as a whole because this is something that's very difficult to sustain.”
The district’s accountability rating came out to be a C, earning 77 points.
Bonnett also noted that three out of five grade levels with the new math curriculum saw an increase in students “approaching grade level or above” in their test scores, and science also had positive improvements district- wide.
She highlighted some of the district’s focus areas for this school year, the “4 Big Rocks.”
It included more targeted interventions for the highneeds subgroups, like special education and economically disadvantaged students, who were underperforming compared to their peers in areas such as reading and math.
The district will also hone in on professional learning community practices to encourage more collaboration between teachers, data collection and analysis.
Another goal is to be more consistent in Tier 1 instruction mastery of the essential TEKS across grade levels.
“We are now seeing growth, so that next step is mastery,” Bonnett said.
The last one is curriculum implementation and training with a large focus on math as well as on English, language arts and reading.
The high school gym floor repairs are expected to be completed by the end of August, shared Casey Adam, the assistant superintendent of administrative services and operations.
She added that the water damage and warping were caused by a broken part under an AC unit.
The Student Handbook also had a couple of updates, including “new protocols for staff misconduct investigations and parent notification, updated guidance on managing private spaces and restrooms, and clarified visitor management rules— including a new provision allowing referees, judges, and other officials to eject spectators from athletic events without a prior verbal warning,” the Bearcat Board Bulletin reported.
At the meeting, Chief Eric Dortch swore in two new officers, Milan Kauer, who will be at the middle school, and Kelly Wilson, who will be at the high school.
One Pilot Point student, George Woolison, was recognized “for earning a perfect score on last spring’s STAAR Math test,” the Bearcat Board Bulletin reported.
The board also approved the purchase of several different insurance plans and a technology purchase.
