There were 401 students enrolled in Pettus ISD schools in 2022-23 school year

Texas Education Commissioner Mike Morath (2024) | onestarfoundation.org

By North Coastal News

Sep 5, 2024

There were 401 students enrolled in Pettus ISD schools in the 2022-23 school year, 5.8% more than the previous year, according to the Texas Education Agency.

Of all the students welcomed in the 2022-23 school year, 52.1% of them were girls, and 47.9% were boys.

Data also shows that the majority of students were Hispanic, representing 62.1% of the Pettus ISD total enrollment.

Pettus ISD roughly covers schools within Bee County with its main office in Pettus.

Among the two schools in Pettus ISD, Pettus Secondary recorded the highest enrollment of 221 students in the 2022-23 school year.

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 Pettus ISD Over 4 Years