Texas Education Commissioner Mike Morath (2024) | onestarfoundation.org
Texas Education Commissioner Mike Morath (2024) | onestarfoundation.org
Data showed that Overton ISD schools welcomed 494 students during the 2022-23 school year. Among them, multiracial students comprised 5.9% of the student body to be one of the least represented ethnicities in the district.
Overton ISD roughly covers schools within Rusk County and has a main office in Overton.
Among the two schools in Overton ISD schools, Overton Elementary School recorded the highest enrollment of multiracial students in the 2022-23 school year, with a total of 18 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.
| Year | Total District Enrollment | Total of Multiracial Students | Multiracial students % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-23 | 494 | 29 | 5.9% |
| 2021-22 | 474 | 29 | 6.1% |
| 2020-21 | 477 | 27 | 5.7% |
| 2019-20 | 504 | 25 | 5% |
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