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There were 74 Pacific Islander students enrolled in Guadalupe County schools in the 2021-22 school year, 25.4% more than the previous year, according to the Texas Education Agency.

Data showed that Guadalupe County welcomed 26,421 students during the 2021-22 school year. Among them, Pacific Islander comprised 0.3% of the student body to be the second least represented ethnicity in the county.

Among the 39 schools in Guadalupe County, Byron P. Steele II High School recorded the highest enrollment of Pacific Islander students in the 2021-22 school year, with a total of 11 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.

School name	% of Pacific Islander students enrolment	Total enrollment
Byron P. Steele II High School	0.4	2,659
Samuel Clemens High School	0.2	2,568
Seguin High School	0.1	2,065
Dobie Junior High School	0.4	1,396
Ray D. Corbett Junior High School	0.2	1,209
Jim Barnes Middle School	0.1	853
Cibolo Valley Elementary School	0.8	837
Rose Garden Elementary School	0.6	797
Barbara Jordan Intermediate School	0.4	786
Elaine School Schlather Intermediate	0.4	782
Laura Ingalls Wilder Intermediate School	0.5	777
John A. Sippel Elementary School	0.1	751
Briesemeister Middle School	0	720
Schertz Elementary School	0	670
Green Valley Elementary School	0.8	659
Norma Junior Paschal Elementary School	0.9	652
Navarro High School	0.2	630
Watts Elementary School	0.2	623
Wiederstein Elementary School	0.2	607
Navarro Elementary School	0.3	573
Koennecke Elementary School	0.2	511
Oralia R. Rodriguez Elementary School	0.2	492
Marion High School	0.4	477
Navarro Intermediate School	0	459
Weinert Elementary School	0	456
Patlan Elementary School	0	446
Jefferson Ave Elementary School	0	380
Vogel Elementary School	0	374
Norma Krueger Elementary School	0	361
Ball Early Childhood Center	0	345
Marion Middle School	0	338
Navarro Junior High School	0.3	330
McQueeney Elementary School	0	307
Norma Krueger Elementary/Bert Karrer Campus	0.3	295
Allison L. Steele Early Learning Center	0	117
Mercer & Blumberg Learning Center	0	65
Discipline Alternative School at Saegert	0	44
Juvenile Detention Center	0	6
Marion Alternative Center	0	4