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San Patricio County Education: 121 Asian 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 121 Asian students enrolled in San Patricio County schools in the 2021-22 school year, 12.9% less than the previous year, according to the Texas Education Agency.

Data showed that San Patricio County welcomed 13,616 students during the 2021-22 school year. Among them, Asian comprised 0.9% of the student body to be the third least represented ethnicity in the county.

Among the 31 schools in San Patricio County, Gregory-Portland High School recorded the highest enrollment of Asian students in the 2021-22 school year, with a total of 26 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 San Patricio County in 2021-22 School Year

White [27.5%]Hispanic [68.5%]Ethnicities <5% [3.9%]
Enrollment Demographics in San Patricio County Schools During 2021-22 School Year

School name% of Asian students enrolmentTotal enrollment
Gregory-Portland High School1.91,362
Gregory-Portland Middle School1.81,140
Ingleside High School0.2628
Sinton High School0.5626
Clark Elementary School1.5609
Andrews Elementary School1591
Welder Elementary School0.2556
East Cliff Elementary School4.4541
Ingleside Primary School0.6497
Austin Elementary School0.8493
Aransas Pass High School0.6476
H. T. Faulk Elementary School0.6467
Mathis Elementary School0.2454
E. Merle Smith Middle School0.7445
Mathis High School0430
Gilbert Junior Mircovich Elementary School0.7409
Sinton Elementary School0.5401
Woodroe Petty Elementary School0394
A. C. Blunt Middle School0.3368
Charlie Marshall Elementary School0.5365
Mathis Middle School0319
Leon Taylor Junior High School1.3316
Taft High School0285
Odem High School0283
Mathis Intermediate School0.4240
Odem Elementary School0212
Ricardo L. Trevino Junior High School0209
Odem Junior High School0.6174
Odem Intermediate School0170
Blaschke/Sheldon Elementary School0150
Juvenile Detention Center06

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