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Enrollment Analysis: Hispanic students comprised 68.4% of Marathon ISD schools' student body in 2021-22 school year

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TX Commissioner of Education Mike Morath 2023 | State Board for Education

TX Commissioner of Education Mike Morath 2023 | State Board for Education

There were 39 Hispanic students enrolled in Marathon ISD schools in the 2021-22 school year, 9.3% less than the previous year, according to the Texas Education Agency.

Data showed that Marathon ISD schools welcomed 57 students during the 2021-22 school year. Among them, Hispanic students comprised 68.4% of the student body to be one of the most represented ethnicities in the district.

Marathon ISD roughly covers schools within Brewster County and has a main office in Marathon.

Marathon Independent School District was the only school in the district which enrolled Hispanic students, welcoming 39 students in the 2021-22 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 Marathon ISD Schools in 2021-22 School Year
Hispanic [68.4%]White [29.8%]Ethnicities < 5% [1.8%]

Enrollment in Marathon ISD Schools During the Last 3 years

YearTotal District EnrollmentTotal of Hispanic StudentsHispanic students %
2021-22573968.4
2020-21604371.7
2019-20574375.4

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