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There were 78 Hispanic students enrolled in Veribest ISD schools in 2022-23 school year

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Texas State Board Of Education Chair Keven Ellis (2024) | twitter.com/KevenEllisDC

Texas State Board Of Education Chair Keven Ellis (2024) | twitter.com/KevenEllisDC

There were 78 Hispanic students enrolled in Veribest ISD schools in the 2022-23 school year, 13.3% less than the previous year, according to the Texas Education Agency.

Data showed that Veribest ISD schools welcomed 258 students during the 2022-23 school year. Among them, Hispanic students comprised 30.2% of the student body to be one of the most represented ethnicities in the district.

Veribest ISD roughly covers schools within Tom Green County and has a main office in Veribest.

Among the three schools in Veribest ISD schools, Veribest High School recorded the highest enrollment of Hispanic students in the 2022-23 school year, with a total of 51 students.

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 Veribest ISD Schools in 2022-23 School Year
White (66.7%)Hispanic (30.2%)Ethnicities < 5% (3.1%)

Enrollment in Veribest ISD Schools During the Last 4 years

YearTotal District EnrollmentTotal of Hispanic StudentsHispanic students %
2022-232587830.2%
2021-222789032.4%
2020-212587930.6%
2019-202569135.5%

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