Hill Country Chronicle

There were 103 Hispanic students enrolled in Harper ISD schools in the 2022-23 school year, 15.7% more than the previous year, according to the Texas Education Agency.

Data showed that Harper ISD schools welcomed 584 students during the 2022-23 school year. Among them, Hispanic students comprised 17.6% of the student body to be one of the most represented ethnicities in the district.

Harper ISD roughly covers schools within Gillespie County and has a main office in Harper.

Among the three schools in Harper ISD schools, Harper Elementary School recorded the highest enrollment of Hispanic students in the 2022-23 school year, with a total of 54 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 Hispanic Students	Hispanic students %
2022-23	584	103	17.6%
2021-22	560	89	15.9%
2020-21	554	75	13.5%
2019-20	568	78	13.7%