Texas Education Commissioner Mike Morath (2024) | Ballotpedia
Texas Education Commissioner Mike Morath (2024) | Ballotpedia
Out of the total students welcomed in the 2022-23 school year, 51.4% of them were boys, and 48.6% were girls.
The most represented ethnicity among Edna ISD students was Hispanic, accounting for 42.8% of the student population.
Among the three districts in Jackson County, Industrial ISD ranked second in enrollment numbers with 1,188 students, while Ganado ISD welcomed 711 students and ranked third in the 2022-23 school year.
Edna ISD roughly covers schools within Jackson County with its main office in Edna.
In the previous school year, Edna ISD had the highest number of students among Jackson County districts.
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.
Education in Texas is often a hot button issue, especially as test scores lag behind other states.
“The problems commonly cited are flaws in the school financing system, relatively low teacher salary, poor test performance by students, dropouts from traditional schools in favor of charter schools, gun violence, and mental health issues,” claimed the Texas Almanac.
| District | City (Main Office) | Total enrollment |
|---|---|---|
| Edna ISD | Edna | 1,573 |
| Industrial ISD | Vanderbilt | 1,188 |
| Ganado ISD | Ganado | 711 |
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