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Enrollment at Texarkana ISD schools slightly increased compared to previous school year

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Texas State Board Of Education Chair Keven Ellis (2024) | twitter.com/KevenEllisDC

Texas State Board Of Education Chair Keven Ellis (2024) | twitter.com/KevenEllisDC

There were 7,180 students enrolled in Texarkana ISD schools in the 2022-23 school year, a slight increase compared to the previous year, according to the Texas Education Agency.

Of all the students welcomed in the 2022-23 school year, 50.2% of them were boys, and 49.8% were girls.

The most represented ethnicity among Texarkana ISD students was African American, accounting for 45.1% of the student population.

Texarkana ISD roughly covers schools within Bowie County with its main office in Texarkana.

Among the 13 schools in Texarkana ISD, Texas High School recorded the highest enrollment of 1,719 students in the 2022-23 school year.

Texas is found to be one of the least-educated states in the U.S. A study from WalletHub ranked Texas 41st out of 50 states in terms of the quality of the educational system and how successful students were.

More than 5.4 million students are enrolled in public schools across Texas. Nearly one million of them live in rural areas where options for local public schools are few and far between.

Enrollment in Texarkana ISD Over 4 Years
01,6003,2004,8006,4008,0002022-232021-222020-212019-207,1807,1807,1567,1567,6547,6548,2578,257

2022-23 School Enrollment Breakdown for Texarkana ISD

SchoolTotal Enrollment
Texas High School1,719
Texas Middle School1,413
Nash Elementary School677
Wake Village Elementary School579
Spring Lake Park Elementary School408
Theron Jones Early Literacy Center386
Highland Park Elementary School364
Martha & Josh Morriss Math & Engineering Elementary School358
Westlawn Elementary School346
Waggoner Creek Elementary School338
Paul Laurence Dunbar Early Education Center296
Eschool Prep227
Options69

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