Texas Education Commissioner Mike Morath (2024) | onestarfoundation.org
Texas Education Commissioner Mike Morath (2024) | onestarfoundation.org
Data showed that Harmony ISD schools welcomed 1,009 students during the 2022-23 school year. Among them, African American students comprised 0.5% of the student body to be one of the least represented ethnicities in the district.
Harmony ISD roughly covers schools within Upshur County and has a main office in Big Sandy.
Among the four schools in Harmony ISD schools, Harmony Elementary School recorded the highest enrollment of African American students in the 2022-23 school year, with a total of three students.
Education in Texas is often a hot button issue, especially as test scores lag behind other states.
"The problems commonly cited are flaws in the school financing system, relatively low teacher salary, poor test performance by students... dropouts from traditional schools in favor of charter schools... gun violence, and mental health issues," claimed the Texas Almanac.
| Year | Total District Enrollment | Total of African American Students | African American students % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-23 | 1,009 | 5 | 0.5% |
| 2021-22 | 1,037 | 9 | 0.9% |
| 2020-21 | 1,025 | 4 | 0.4% |
| 2019-20 | 1,090 | 7 | 0.6% |
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