Texas Education Commissioner Mike Morath (2024) | onestarfoundation.org
Texas Education Commissioner Mike Morath (2024) | onestarfoundation.org
Data showed that La Vernia ISD schools welcomed 3,515 students during the 2022-23 school year. Among them, Hispanic students comprised 35% of the student body to be one of the most represented ethnicities in the district.
La Vernia ISD roughly covers schools within Wilson County and has a main office in La Vernia.
Among the four schools in La Vernia ISD schools, La Vernia High School recorded the highest enrollment of Hispanic students in the 2022-23 school year, with a total of 336 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 Hispanic Students | Hispanic students % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-23 | 3,515 | 1,229 | 35% |
| 2021-22 | 3,363 | 1,101 | 32.7% |
| 2020-21 | 3,223 | 1,024 | 31.8% |
| 2019-20 | 3,373 | 1,052 | 31.2% |
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