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Enrollment Analysis: Hispanic students comprised 60.5% of Alpine ISD schools' student body 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 577 Hispanic students enrolled in Alpine ISD schools in the 2022-23 school year, 5.6% less than the previous year, according to the Texas Education Agency.

Data showed that Alpine ISD schools welcomed 954 students during the 2022-23 school year. Among them, Hispanic students comprised 60.5% of the student body to be one of the most represented ethnicities in the district.

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

Among the three schools in Alpine ISD schools, Alpine Elementary School recorded the highest enrollment of Hispanic students in the 2022-23 school year, with a total of 225 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 Alpine ISD Schools in 2022-23 School Year
Hispanic (60.5%)White (36.2%)Ethnicities < 5% (3.3%)

Enrollment in Alpine ISD Schools During the Last 4 years

YearTotal District EnrollmentTotal of Hispanic StudentsHispanic students %
2022-2395457760.5%
2021-2297461162.7%
2020-2197460962.5%
2019-201,02564262.6%

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