There were 487 students enrolled in Gary ISD schools in 2021-22 school year

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

By Longview Times

Dec 27, 2023

There were 487 students enrolled in Gary ISD schools in the 2021-22 school year, 3.2% more than the previous year, according to the Texas Education Agency.

Of all the students welcomed in the 2021-22 school year, 51.5% of them were boys, and 48.5% were girls.

Data also shows that the majority of students were white, representing 90.3% of the Gary ISD total enrollment.

Gary ISD roughly covers schools within Panola County with its main office in Gary.

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 Gary ISD Over 3 Years