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Enrollment Analysis: Hispanic students comprised 97.1% of La Feria ISD schools' student body 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 2,842 Hispanic students enrolled in La Feria ISD schools in the 2022-23 school year, 1.1% more than the previous year, according to the Texas Education Agency.

Data showed that La Feria ISD schools welcomed 2,926 students during the 2022-23 school year. Among them, Hispanic students comprised 97.1% of the student body to be one of the most represented ethnicities in the district.

La Feria ISD roughly covers schools within Cameron County and has a main office in La Feria.

Among the seven schools in La Feria ISD schools, La Feria High School recorded the highest enrollment of Hispanic students in the 2022-23 school year, with a total of 898 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.

Enrollment in La Feria ISD Schools During the Last 4 years

YearTotal District EnrollmentTotal of Hispanic StudentsHispanic students %
2022-232,9262,84297.1%
2021-222,9112,81196.6%
2020-213,0942,99196.7%
2019-203,2293,12796.8%

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