Amarillo Gazette

There were 961 multiracial students enrolled in Amarillo ISD schools in the 2022-23 school year, 2.1% more than the previous year, according to the Texas Education Agency.

Data showed that Amarillo ISD schools welcomed 30,342 students during the 2022-23 school year. Among them, multiracial students comprised 3.2% of the student body to be one of the least represented ethnicities in the district.

Amarillo ISD roughly covers schools within Potter County and has a main office in Amarillo.

Among the 55 schools in Amarillo ISD schools, Tascosa High School recorded the highest enrollment of multiracial students in the 2022-23 school year, with a total of 90 students.

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 Multiracial Students	Multiracial students %
2022-23	30,342	961	3.2%
2021-22	30,866	941	3%
2020-21	31,388	935	3%
2019-20	32,436	986	3%