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There were 134 Hispanic students enrolled in New Home ISD 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 134 Hispanic students enrolled in New Home ISD schools in the 2022-23 school year, 4.7% more than the previous year, according to the Texas Education Agency.

Data showed that New Home ISD schools welcomed 626 students during the 2022-23 school year. Among them, Hispanic students comprised 21.4% of the student body to be one of the most represented ethnicities in the district.

New Home ISD roughly covers schools within Lynn County and has a main office in New Home.

New Home School was the only school in the district which enrolled Hispanic students, welcoming 134 students in the 2022-23 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.

Ethnicities in New Home ISD Schools in 2022-23 School Year
White (76.8%)Hispanic (21.4%)Ethnicities < 5% (1.8%)

Enrollment in New Home ISD Schools During the Last 4 years

YearTotal District EnrollmentTotal of Hispanic StudentsHispanic students %
2022-2362613421.4%
2021-2258812821.8%
2020-2157512121%
2019-2053211822.2%

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