Texas Education Commissioner Mike Morath (2024) | Ballotpedia
Texas Education Commissioner Mike Morath (2024) | Ballotpedia
Data showed that Texarkana ISD schools welcomed 7,180 students during the 2022-23 school year. Among them, African American students comprised 45.1% of the student body to be one of the most represented ethnicities in the district.
Texarkana ISD roughly covers schools within Bowie County and has a main office in Texarkana.
Among the 13 schools in Texarkana ISD schools, Texas High School recorded the highest enrollment of African American students in the 2022-23 school year, with a total of 690 students.
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.
| Year | Total District Enrollment | Total of African American Students | African American students % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-23 | 7,180 | 3,240 | 45.1% |
| 2021-22 | 7,156 | 3,202 | 44.7% |
| 2020-21 | 7,654 | 3,202 | 41.8% |
| 2019-20 | 8,257 | 3,379 | 40.9% |
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