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There were 21 multiracial students enrolled in Palacios ISD schools in 2022-23 school year

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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

There were 21 multiracial students enrolled in Palacios ISD schools in the 2022-23 school year, 31.3% more than the previous year, according to the Texas Education Agency.

Data showed that Palacios ISD schools welcomed 1,300 students during the 2022-23 school year. Among them, multiracial students comprised 1.6% of the student body to be one of the least represented ethnicities in the district.

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

Among the four schools in Palacios ISD schools, Palacios High School recorded the highest enrollment of multiracial students in the 2022-23 school year, with a total of six 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.

Ethnicities in Palacios ISD Schools in 2022-23 School Year
Hispanic (72.6%)White (20.7%)Ethnicities < 5% (6.7%)

Enrollment in Palacios ISD Schools During the Last 4 years

YearTotal District EnrollmentTotal of Multiracial StudentsMultiracial students %
2022-231,300211.6%
2021-221,322161.2%
2020-211,316161.2%
2019-201,386221.6%

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