Texas Education Commissioner Mike Morath (2024) | Ballotpedia
Texas Education Commissioner Mike Morath (2024) | Ballotpedia
Out of the total students welcomed in the 2022-23 school year, 51.7% of them were boys, and 48.3% were girls.
The most represented ethnicity among Lufkin ISD students was Hispanic, accounting for 43.4% of the student population.
Among the seven districts in Angelina County, Hudson ISD ranked second in enrollment numbers with 2,768 students, while Diboll ISD welcomed 1,669 students and ranked third in the 2022-23 school year.
Lufkin ISD roughly covers schools within Angelina County with its main office in Lufkin.
In the previous school year, Lufkin ISD had the highest number of students among Angelina County districts.
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.
The Texas education system is currently torn between public schools and taxpayer-funded private schools.
Critics argue that private schools use funds that should go to the public school system, while private school advocates claim they’re offering better education for more Texas students.
| District | City (Main Office) | Total enrollment |
|---|---|---|
| Lufkin ISD | Lufkin | 7,164 |
| Hudson ISD | Lufkin | 2,768 |
| Diboll ISD | Diboll | 1,669 |
| Huntington ISD | Huntington | 1,593 |
| Central ISD | 1,463 | |
| Pineywoods Community Academy | Lufkin | 997 |
| Zavalla ISD | Zavalla | 323 |
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