Amarillo Gazette

There were 812 white students enrolled in River Road ISD schools in the 2022-23 school year, 4.7% less than the previous year, according to the Texas Education Agency.

Data showed that River Road ISD schools welcomed 1,297 students during the 2022-23 school year. Among them, white students comprised 62.6% of the student body to be one of the most represented ethnicities in the district.

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

Among the four schools in River Road ISD schools, Rolling Hills Elementary School recorded the highest enrollment of white students in the 2022-23 school year, with a total of 234 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 White Students	White students %
2022-23	1,297	812	62.6%
2021-22	1,340	852	63.6%
2020-21	1,272	851	66.9%
2019-20	1,326	865	65.2%