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Rise Academy School District Education: 11 multiracial students were enrolled in schools in 2022-23 school year

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Texas State Board Of Education Secretary Pat Hardy (2024) | twitter.com/pathardy

Texas State Board Of Education Secretary Pat Hardy (2024) | twitter.com/pathardy

There were 11 multiracial students enrolled in Rise Academy School District in the 2022-23 school year, 8.3% less than the previous year, according to the Texas Education Agency.

Data showed that Rise Academy School District welcomed 297 students during the 2022-23 school year. Among them, multiracial students comprised 3.7% of the student body to be one of the least represented ethnicities in the district.

Rise Academy School District roughly covers schools within Lubbock County and has a main office in Lubbock.

Rise Academy was the only school in the district which enrolled multiracial students, welcoming 11 students in the 2022-23 school year.

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.

Ethnicities in Rise Academy School District in 2022-23 School Year
African American (74.7%)Hispanic (20.9%)Ethnicities < 5% (4.4%)

Enrollment in Rise Academy School District During the Last 4 years

YearTotal District EnrollmentTotal of Multiracial StudentsMultiracial students %
2022-23297113.7%
2021-22305123.9%
2020-2127793.2%
2019-2030393%

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