Enrollment at Newcastle ISD schools increased by 3.8% compared to previous school year

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

By Nortex Times

Sep 7, 2024

There were 220 students enrolled in Newcastle ISD schools in the 2022-23 school year, 3.8% more than the previous year, according to the Texas Education Agency.

Of all the students welcomed in the 2022-23 school year, 50.5% of them were girls, and 49.5% were boys.

Data also shows that the majority of students were white, representing 77.7% of the Newcastle ISD total enrollment.

Newcastle ISD roughly covers schools within Young County with its main office in Newcastle.

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 Newcastle ISD Over 4 Years