New Deal ISD welcomed 725 students in 2021-22 school year

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

By Lubbock Times

Dec 11, 2023

There were 725 students enrolled in New Deal ISD schools in the 2021-22 school year, 3.8% less than the previous year, according to the Texas Education Agency.

Of all the students welcomed in the 2021-22 school year, 50.2% of them were girls, and 49.8% were boys.

Data also shows that the majority of students were Hispanic, representing 52% of the New Deal ISD total enrollment.

New Deal ISD roughly covers schools within Lubbock County with its main office in New Deal.

Among the four schools in New Deal ISD, New Deal Elementary School recorded the highest enrollment of 267 students in the 2021-22 school year.

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 New Deal ISD Over 3 Years