Texas State Board Of Education Chair Keven Ellis (2024) | twitter.com/KevenEllisDC
Texas State Board Of Education Chair Keven Ellis (2024) | twitter.com/KevenEllisDC
Out of the total students welcomed in the 2022-23 school year, 52.5% of them were boys, and 47.5% were girls.
The most represented ethnicity among Kilgore ISD students was white, accounting for 43.0% of the student population.
Among the 10 districts in Rusk County, Henderson ISD ranked second in enrollment numbers with 3,400 students, while Tatum ISD welcomed 1,476 students and ranked third in the 2022-23 school year.
Kilgore ISD roughly covers schools within Rusk County with its main office in Kilgore.
In the previous school year, Kilgore ISD had the highest number of students among Rusk 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kilgore ISD | Kilgore | 3,821 |
| Henderson ISD | Henderson | 3,400 |
| Tatum ISD | Tatum | 1,476 |
| The Excel Center (for Adults) | Austin | 1,060 |
| West Rusk County Consolidated ISD | New London | 1,048 |
| Carlisle ISD | Henderson | 623 |
| Mount Enterprise ISD | Mount Enterprise | 496 |
| Overton ISD | Overton | 494 |
| Leveretts Chapel ISD | Overton | 234 |
| Laneville ISD | 150 |
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