Texas Education Commissioner Mike Morath (2024) | onestarfoundation.org
Texas Education Commissioner Mike Morath (2024) | onestarfoundation.org
Out of the total students welcomed in the 2022-23 school year, 54.2% of the students were girls, and 45.8% were boys.
The most represented ethnicity among Hallsville ISD students was Hispanic, accounting for 39.2% of the student population.
Among the six districts in Harrison County, Marshall ISD ranked second in enrollment numbers with 5,057 students, while Waskom ISD welcomed 825 students and ranked third in the 2022-23 school year.
Hallsville ISD roughly covers schools within Harrison County with its main office in Hallsville.
In the previous school year, Hallsville ISD had the highest number of students among Harrison County districts.
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.
The Texas education system is currently torn between public schools and taxpayer-funded private schools.
Critics argue that private schools use funds that should go to the public school system, while private school advocates claim they’re offering better education for more Texas students.
| District | City (Main Office) | Total enrollment |
|---|---|---|
| Hallsville ISD | Hallsville | 19,818 |
| Marshall ISD | Marshall | 5,057 |
| Waskom ISD | Waskom | 825 |
| Elysian Fields ISD | 813 | |
| Harleton ISD | 705 | |
| Karnack ISD | 130 |
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