Texas Education Commissioner Mike Morath (2024) | onestarfoundation.org
Texas Education Commissioner Mike Morath (2024) | onestarfoundation.org
Out of the total students welcomed in the 2022-23 school year, 52.9% of them were boys, and 47.1% were girls.
The most represented ethnicity among Center ISD students was Hispanic, accounting for 44.7% of the student population.
Among the six districts in Shelby County, Shelbyville ISD ranked second in enrollment numbers with 831 students, while Joaquin ISD welcomed 711 students and ranked third in the 2022-23 school year.
Center ISD roughly covers schools within Shelby County with its main office in Center.
In the previous school year, Center ISD had the highest number of students among Shelby 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.
Education in Texas is often a hot button issue, especially as test scores lag behind other states.
“The problems commonly cited are flaws in the school financing system, relatively low teacher salary, poor test performance by students, dropouts from traditional schools in favor of charter schools, gun violence, and mental health issues,” claimed the Texas Almanac.
| District | City (Main Office) | Total enrollment |
|---|---|---|
| Center ISD | Center | 2,491 |
| Shelbyville ISD | 831 | |
| Joaquin ISD | Joaquin | 711 |
| Timpson ISD | Timpson | 705 |
| Tenaha ISD | Tenaha | 455 |
| Excelsior ISD | Center | 74 |
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