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Enrollment Analysis: American Indian students comprised 0.1% of Garrison ISD schools' student body in 2022-23 school year

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Texas Education Commissioner Mike Morath (2024) | onestarfoundation.org

Texas Education Commissioner Mike Morath (2024) | onestarfoundation.org

There was one American Indian student enrolled in Garrison ISD schools in the 2022-23 school year, 50% less than the previous year, according to the Texas Education Agency.

Data showed that Garrison ISD schools welcomed 760 students during the 2022-23 school year. Among them, American Indian students comprised 0.1% of the student body to be one of the least represented ethnicities in the district.

Garrison ISD roughly covers schools within Nacogdoches County and has a main office in Garrison.

Garrison Middle School was the only school in the district which enrolled American Indian students, welcoming one student 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.

Ethnicities in Garrison ISD Schools in 2022-23 School Year
White (69.2%)African American (14.1%)Hispanic (12.1%)Ethnicities < 5% (4.6%)

Enrollment in Garrison ISD Schools During the Last 4 years

YearTotal District EnrollmentTotal of American Indian StudentsAmerican Indian students %
2022-2376010.1%
2021-2274920.3%
2020-2169120.3%
2019-2073220.3%

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