Enrollment at Idalou ISD schools increased by 4.7% compared to previous school year

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

By Lubbock Times

Dec 9, 2023

There were 1,006 students enrolled in Idalou ISD schools in the 2021-22 school year, 4.7% more than the previous year, according to the Texas Education Agency.

Of all the students welcomed in the 2021-22 school year, 53.3% of them were boys, and 46.7% were girls.

Data also shows that the majority of students were white, representing 59.5% of the Idalou ISD total enrollment.

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

Among the three schools in Idalou ISD, Idalou Elementary School recorded the highest enrollment of 404 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 Idalou ISD Over 3 Years