Zonda demographer tells board Northwest ISD remains among fastest-growing districts in DFW

A demographic presentation to the Northwest ISD Board of Trustees reported continued housing and population growth in the district’s western zones, with Zonda data showing Northwest ISD among the fastest-growing districts in the Dallas–Fort Worth region.

Stuart Keogh, presenting on behalf of Zonda, reported that quarter-two 2025 home starts in the DFW area totaled about 45,229 and that new-home starts in Northwest ISD rose about 9.5% year over year in the district’s second quarter. Keogh said the district has 69 active subdivisions and 34 subdivisions in planning, with nearly 42,700 lots planned in the pipeline; groundwork was underway on more than 6,200 lots.

Zonda’s slides highlighted top-performing subdivisions by zone, including Pecan Square (Daniel zone) and Madero (Carter zone), and noted price ranges and inventory counts presented from developer-supplied data. Keogh also summarized multifamily activity: about 1,500 rental units were under construction and roughly 6,150 rental units were in planning across the district.

Trustees asked about how many students to expect per new home. Presenters said the old rule-of-thumb (about 0.5–0.6 student per single-family home) has become more complicated because of school-choice vouchers, increasing homeschooling and other factors; Zonda said the company is refining campus-level projections to factor in these changes. Presenters told trustees the district’s enrollment projection target for the coming school year was about 1,100 additional students, and that current snapshots showed the district slightly below that number but within roughly one percentage point, subject to the official October snapshot.

Trustees received the report as an informational item; no board action was required.