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There were seven Pacific Islander students enrolled in Cherokee County schools in 2021-22 school year

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Texas Education Commissioner Mike Morath (2024) | onestarfoundation.org

Texas Education Commissioner Mike Morath (2024) | onestarfoundation.org

There were seven Pacific Islander students enrolled in Cherokee County schools in the 2021-22 school year, 75% more than the previous year, according to the Texas Education Agency.

Data showed that Cherokee County welcomed 8,096 students during the 2021-22 school year. Among them, Pacific Islander comprised 0.1% of the student body to be the least represented ethnicity in the county.

Among the 18 schools in Cherokee County, East Side Elementary School recorded the highest enrollment of Pacific Islander students in the 2021-22 school year, with a total of three students each.

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 Cherokee County in 2021-22 School Year

White [36.6%]Black [14.2%]Hispanic [44.7%]Ethnicities <5% [4.6%]
Enrollment Demographics in Cherokee County Schools During 2021-22 School Year

School name% of Pacific Islander students enrolmentTotal enrollment
Jacksonville High School0.21,265
Jacksonville Middle School0.1715
Nichols Intermediate School0662
Fred Douglass0602
Rusk High School0594
East Side Elementary School0.5571
New Summerfield School0538
Joe Wright Elementary School0536
Rusk Junior High School0481
G.W. Bradford Primary School0385
West Side Elementary School0372
Rusk Intermediate School0285
Wells School0258
Rusk Elementary School0256
Alto Elementary School0227
Alto Middle School0166
Alto High School0163
Compass Center520

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