Corpus Christi Sun

There were 154 white students enrolled in Santa Gertrudis ISD schools in the 2021-22 school year, 14.1% more than the previous year, according to the Texas Education Agency.

Data showed that Santa Gertrudis ISD schools welcomed 781 students during the 2021-22 school year. Among them, white students comprised 19.7% of the student body to be one of the most represented ethnicities in the district.

Santa Gertrudis ISD roughly covers schools within Kleberg County and has a main office in Kingsville.

Among the two schools in Santa Gertrudis ISD schools, Santa Gertrudis Academy High School recorded the highest enrollment of white students in the 2021-22 school year, with a total of 80 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.

Year	Total District Enrollment	Total of White Students	White students %
2021-22	781	154	19.7
2020-21	779	135	17.3
2019-20	810	158	19.5