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 Kennard ISD schools welcomed 258 students during the 2022-23 school year. Among them, African American students comprised 12% of the student body to be one of the most represented ethnicities in the district.
Kennard ISD roughly covers schools within Houston County and has a main office in Kennard.
Kennard ISD was the only school in the district which enrolled African American students, welcoming 31 students in the 2022-23 school year.
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 | 258 | 31 | 12% |
| 2021-22 | 247 | 29 | 11.7% |
| 2020-21 | 223 | 27 | 12.1% |
| 2019-20 | 241 | 30 | 12.4% |
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