Texas State Board Of Education Secretary Pat Hardy (2024) | twitter.com/pathardy
Texas State Board Of Education Secretary Pat Hardy (2024) | twitter.com/pathardy
Data showed that Mount Vernon ISD schools welcomed 1,571 students during the 2022-23 school year. Among them, African American students comprised 4.7% of the student body to be one of the least represented ethnicities in the district.
Mount Vernon ISD roughly covers schools within Franklin County and has a main office in Mount Vernon.
Among the three schools in Mount Vernon ISD schools, Mt. Vernon High School recorded the highest enrollment of African American students in the 2022-23 school year, with a total of 32 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 | 1,571 | 74 | 4.7% |
| 2021-22 | 1,528 | 68 | 4.5% |
| 2020-21 | 1,478 | 78 | 5.3% |
| 2019-20 | 1,578 | 87 | 5.5% |
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