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 Big Sandy ISD schools welcomed 512 students during the 2022-23 school year. Among them, American Indian students comprised 19.7% of the student body to be one of the most represented ethnicities in the district.
Big Sandy ISD roughly covers schools within Polk County and has a main office in Dallardsville.
Big Sandy School was the only school in the district which enrolled American Indian students, welcoming 101 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 American Indian Students | American Indian students % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-23 | 512 | 101 | 19.7% |
| 2021-22 | 532 | 105 | 19.7% |
| 2020-21 | 496 | 109 | 22% |
| 2019-20 | 503 | 112 | 22.3% |
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