North Coastal News

There were 53 white students enrolled in Matagorda ISD schools in the 2022-23 school year, 8.2% more than the previous year, according to the Texas Education Agency.

Data showed that Matagorda ISD schools welcomed 89 students during the 2022-23 school year. Among them, white students comprised 59.6% of the student body to be one of the most represented ethnicities in the district.

Matagorda ISD roughly covers schools within Matagorda County and has a main office in Matagorda.

Matagorda School was the only school in the district which enrolled white students, welcoming 53 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.

Year	Total District Enrollment	Total of White Students	White students %
2022-23	89	53	59.6%
2021-22	101	49	48.5%
2020-21	106	57	53.8%
2019-20	112	56	50%