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Enrollment Analysis: Hispanic students comprised 93.7% of Freer ISD schools' student body in 2022-23 school year

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Texas State Board Of Education Secretary Pat Hardy (2024) | twitter.com/pathardy

Texas State Board Of Education Secretary Pat Hardy (2024) | twitter.com/pathardy

There were 688 Hispanic students enrolled in Freer ISD schools in the 2022-23 school year, 3% less than the previous year, according to the Texas Education Agency.

Data showed that Freer ISD schools welcomed 734 students during the 2022-23 school year. Among them, Hispanic students comprised 93.7% of the student body to be one of the most represented ethnicities in the district.

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

Among the three schools in Freer ISD schools, Norman M. Thomas Elementary School recorded the highest enrollment of Hispanic students in the 2022-23 school year, with a total of 353 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 Freer ISD Schools in 2022-23 School Year
Hispanic (93.7%)White (5.3%)Ethnicities < 5% (1%)

Enrollment in Freer ISD Schools During the Last 4 years

YearTotal District EnrollmentTotal of Hispanic StudentsHispanic students %
2022-2373468893.7%
2021-2276070993.3%
2020-2178372893%
2019-2078972692%

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