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Enrollment Analysis: Hispanic students comprised 99.9% of La Joya 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 24,775 Hispanic students enrolled in La Joya ISD schools in the 2022-23 school year, 2.7% more than the previous year, according to the Texas Education Agency.

Data showed that La Joya ISD schools welcomed 24,804 students during the 2022-23 school year. Among them, Hispanic students comprised 99.9% of the student body to be one of the most represented ethnicities in the district.

La Joya ISD roughly covers schools within Hidalgo County and has a main office in La Joya.

Among the 37 schools in La Joya ISD schools, La Joya High School recorded the highest enrollment of Hispanic students in the 2022-23 school year, with a total of 2,774 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.

Enrollment in La Joya ISD Schools During the Last 4 years

YearTotal District EnrollmentTotal of Hispanic StudentsHispanic students %
2022-2324,80424,77599.9%
2021-2224,16324,11599.8%
2020-2126,63826,60499.9%
2019-2027,29127,24899.8%

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