Amarillo Gazette

There were 126 white students enrolled in Groom ISD schools in the 2021-22 school year, 7.7% more than the previous year, according to the Texas Education Agency.

Data showed that Groom ISD schools welcomed 143 students during the 2021-22 school year. Among them, white students comprised 88.1% of the student body to be one of the most represented ethnicities in the district.

Groom ISD roughly covers schools within Carson County and has a main office in Groom.

Groom School was the only school in the district which enrolled white students, welcoming 126 students in the 2021-22 school year.

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 White Students	White students %
2021-22	143	126	88.1
2020-21	137	117	85.4
2019-20	156	137	87.8