Amarillo Gazette

There were two African American students enrolled in White Deer ISD schools in the 2022-23 school year, 100% more than the previous year, according to the Texas Education Agency.

Data showed that White Deer ISD schools welcomed 334 students during the 2022-23 school year. Among them, African American students comprised 0.6% of the student body to be one of the least represented ethnicities in the district.

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

White Deer Elementary School was the only school in the district which enrolled African American students, welcoming two students in the 2022-23 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 African American Students	African American students %
2022-23	334	2	0.6%
2021-22	339	1	0.3%
2020-21	373	0	0%
2019-20	363	0	0%