Texas State Board Of Education Chair Keven Ellis (2024) | twitter.com/KevenEllisDC
Texas State Board Of Education Chair Keven Ellis (2024) | twitter.com/KevenEllisDC
Data showed that Wharton ISD schools welcomed 1,844 students during the 2022-23 school year. Among them, African American students comprised 25.9% of the student body to be one of the most represented ethnicities in the district.
Wharton ISD roughly covers schools within Wharton County and has a main office in Wharton.
Among the four schools in Wharton ISD schools, Wharton High School recorded the highest enrollment of African American students in the 2022-23 school year, with a total of 157 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 African American Students | African American students % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-23 | 1,844 | 478 | 25.9% |
| 2021-22 | 1,966 | 501 | 25.5% |
| 2020-21 | 1,914 | 485 | 25.3% |
| 2019-20 | 2,001 | 515 | 25.7% |
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