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Duval County Education: 2,396 Hispanic students were enrolled in schools in 2021-22 school year

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Texas Education Commissioner Mike Morath (2024) | onestarfoundation.org

Texas Education Commissioner Mike Morath (2024) | onestarfoundation.org

There were 2,396 Hispanic students enrolled in Duval County schools in the 2021-22 school year, 3.9% less than the previous year, according to the Texas Education Agency.

Data showed that Duval County welcomed 2,472 students during the 2021-22 school year. Among them, Hispanic comprised 96.9% of the student body to be the most represented ethnicity in the county.

Among the nine schools in Duval County, Collins-Parr Elementary School recorded the highest enrollment of Hispanic students in the 2021-22 school year, with a total of 663 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.

Enrollment Demographics in Duval County Schools During 2021-22 School Year

School name% of Hispanic students enrolmentTotal enrollment
Collins-Parr Elementary School98.4674
San Diego High School98.6419
Norman M. Thomas Elementary School95381
Bernarda Jaime Junior High School98.1360
Freer High School89.8225
Lucy Aragon Junior High School94.2154
Benavides Elementary School100117
Benavides Secondary99.1116
Ramirez Elementary School10026

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