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Enrollment Analysis: Hispanic students comprised 63.6% of Loraine 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 89 Hispanic students enrolled in Loraine ISD schools in the 2022-23 school year, 9.9% more than the previous year, according to the Texas Education Agency.

Data showed that Loraine ISD schools welcomed 140 students during the 2022-23 school year. Among them, Hispanic students comprised 63.6% of the student body to be one of the most represented ethnicities in the district.

Loraine ISD roughly covers schools within Mitchell County and has a main office in Loraine.

Loraine School was the only school in the district which enrolled Hispanic students, welcoming 89 students in the 2022-23 school year.

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 Loraine ISD Schools in 2022-23 School Year
Hispanic (63.6%)White (29.3%)Ethnicities < 5% (7.1%)

Enrollment in Loraine ISD Schools During the Last 4 years

YearTotal District EnrollmentTotal of Hispanic StudentsHispanic students %
2022-231408963.6%
2021-221358160%
2020-211438962.2%
2019-201589761.4%

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