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Enrollment Analysis: white students comprised 49.2% of Palmer ISD schools' student body in 2022-23 school year

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Texas Education Commissioner Mike Morath (2024) | Ballotpedia

Texas Education Commissioner Mike Morath (2024) | Ballotpedia

There were 642 white students enrolled in Palmer ISD schools in the 2022-23 school year, 3.5% more than the previous year, according to the Texas Education Agency.

Data showed that Palmer ISD schools welcomed 1,304 students during the 2022-23 school year. Among them, white students comprised 49.2% of the student body to be one of the most represented ethnicities in the district.

Palmer ISD roughly covers schools within Ellis County and has a main office in Palmer.

Among the three schools in Palmer ISD schools, Palmer Middle School recorded the highest enrollment of white students in the 2022-23 school year, with a total of 233 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 Palmer ISD Schools in 2022-23 School Year
White (49.2%)Hispanic (46%)Ethnicities < 5% (4.8%)

Enrollment in Palmer ISD Schools During the Last 4 years

YearTotal District EnrollmentTotal of White StudentsWhite students %
2022-231,30464249.2%
2021-221,25662049.4%
2020-211,24663350.8%
2019-201,26666452.4%

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