Enrollment at Benjamin ISD schools decreased by 2.3% compared to previous school year

Texas Education Commissioner Mike Morath (2024) | Ballotpedia

By Nortex Times

Sep 22, 2024

There were 130 students enrolled in Benjamin ISD schools in the 2022-23 school year, 2.3% less than the previous year, according to the Texas Education Agency.

Of all the students welcomed in the 2022-23 school year, 51.5% of them were boys, and 48.5% were girls.

Data also shows that the majority of students were white, representing 56.9% of the Benjamin ISD total enrollment.

Benjamin ISD roughly covers schools within Knox County with its main office in Benjamin.

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 Benjamin ISD Over 4 Years