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Enrollment Analysis: multiracial students comprised 3.9% of Chisum ISD schools' student body in 2022-23 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 46 multiracial students enrolled in Chisum ISD schools in the 2022-23 school year, 4.5% more than the previous year, according to the Texas Education Agency.

Data showed that Chisum ISD schools welcomed 1,179 students during the 2022-23 school year. Among them, multiracial students comprised 3.9% of the student body to be one of the least represented ethnicities in the district.

Chisum ISD roughly covers schools within Lamar County and has a main office in Paris.

Among the three schools in Chisum ISD schools, Chisum Elementary School recorded the highest enrollment of multiracial 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.

Ethnicities in Chisum ISD Schools in 2022-23 School Year
White (81.3%)Hispanic (10.2%)Ethnicities < 5% (8.5%)

Enrollment in Chisum ISD Schools During the Last 4 years

YearTotal District EnrollmentTotal of Multiracial StudentsMultiracial students %
2022-231,179463.9%
2021-221,145443.8%
2020-211,062282.6%
2019-201,074282.6%

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