Enrollment at Blum ISD schools decreased by 1.7% compared to previous school year

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

By Waco Reporter

Sep 9, 2024

There were 338 students enrolled in Blum ISD schools in the 2022-23 school year, 1.7% less than the previous year, according to the Texas Education Agency.

Of all the students welcomed in the 2022-23 school year, 50.6% of them were girls, and 49.4% were boys.

Data also shows that the majority of students were white, representing 83.4% of the Blum ISD total enrollment.

Blum ISD roughly covers schools within Hill County with its main office in Blum.

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 Blum ISD Over 4 Years