Texas Education Commissioner Mike Morath (2024) | onestarfoundation.org
Texas Education Commissioner Mike Morath (2024) | onestarfoundation.org
Data showed that Itasca ISD schools welcomed 651 students during the 2022-23 school year. Among them, African American students comprised 5.8% of the student body to be one of the most represented ethnicities in the district.
Itasca ISD roughly covers schools within Hill County and has a main office in Itasca.
Among the three schools in Itasca ISD schools, Itasca High School recorded the highest enrollment of African American students in the 2022-23 school year, with a total of 18 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 | 651 | 38 | 5.8% |
| 2021-22 | 628 | 33 | 5.3% |
| 2020-21 | 616 | 43 | 7% |
| 2019-20 | 652 | 51 | 7.8% |
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