Corpus Christi Sun

There were 655 white students enrolled in Orange Grove ISD schools in the 2022-23 school year, 0.3% less than the previous year, according to the Texas Education Agency.

Data showed that Orange Grove ISD schools welcomed 1,755 students during the 2022-23 school year. Among them, white students comprised 37.3% of the student body to be one of the most represented ethnicities in the district.

Orange Grove ISD roughly covers schools within Jim Wells County and has a main office in Orange Grove.

Among the four schools in Orange Grove ISD schools, Orange Grove High School recorded the highest enrollment of white students in the 2022-23 school year, with a total of 193 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 %
2022-23	1,755	655	37.3%
2021-22	1,773	657	37.1%
2020-21	1,714	647	37.7%
2019-20	1,830	707	38.6%