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Lower student enrollment in Calhoun County ISD schools, different from the state’s numbers

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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

The only school district in Calhoun County suffered declining enrollment in the 2022-23 school year, according to the Texas Education Agency report.

There were 3,530 students in the halls of Calhoun County ISD schools, 1.3% lower than the year before.

Enrollment in Calhoun County fell short of the state’s trend compared to the state’s trend of increasing enrollment.

Out of all the students welcomed in the 2022-23 school year, 51.8% of them were boys, and 48.2% were girls.

Data also showed that most of the students were Hispanic, representing 67.7% of the Calhoun County ISD total enrollment.

Calhoun County ISD has a main office in Port Lavaca and is the only school district within Calhoun County.

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.

Enrollment in Calhoun County Over 3 Years

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Enrollment in Calhoun County Districts Schools During 2022-23 School Year

SchoolTotal Enrollment in 2022-23Total Enrollment in 2021-22Total % Change
Calhoun High School9871,017-2.9%
Harrison/Jefferson/Madison Elementary School664667-0.4%
Hope High School2532-21.9%
Jackson/Roosevelt Elementary School8528520%
Port O. Connor School6367-6%
Seadrift School237250-5.2%
Travis Middle School7026911.6%

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