Enrollment at Poteet ISD schools increased by 4.8% compared to previous school year

TX Commissioner of Education Mike Morath 2023 | State Board for Education

By Winter Garden Today

Dec 9, 2023

There were 1,680 students enrolled in Poteet ISD schools in the 2021-22 school year, 4.8% more than the previous year, according to the Texas Education Agency.

Of all the students welcomed in the 2021-22 school year, 50.1% of them were girls, and 49.9% were boys.

Data also shows that the majority of students were Hispanic, representing 87.6% of the Poteet ISD total enrollment.

Poteet ISD roughly covers schools within Atascosa County with its main office in Poteet.

Among the four schools in Poteet ISD, Poteet Elementary School recorded the highest enrollment of 568 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.

Enrollment in Poteet ISD Over 3 Years