Texas Education Commissioner Mike Morath (2024) | onestarfoundation.org
Texas Education Commissioner Mike Morath (2024) | onestarfoundation.org
Data showed that Southside ISD schools welcomed 5,965 students during the 2022-23 school year. Among them, African American students comprised 1% of the student body to be one of the least represented ethnicities in the district.
Southside ISD roughly covers schools within Bexar County and has a main office in San Antonio.
Among the 10 schools in Southside ISD schools, Southside High School recorded the highest enrollment of African American students in the 2022-23 school year, with a total of 19 students.
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.
| Year | Total District Enrollment | Total of African American Students | African American students % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-23 | 5,965 | 59 | 1% |
| 2021-22 | 5,520 | 48 | 0.9% |
| 2020-21 | 5,595 | 70 | 1.3% |
| 2019-20 | 5,781 | 62 | 1.1% |
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