Hill Country Chronicle

There were 79 African American students enrolled in Kerrville ISD schools in the 2022-23 school year, 13.2% less than the previous year, according to the Texas Education Agency.

Data showed that Kerrville ISD schools welcomed 4,878 students during the 2022-23 school year. Among them, African American students comprised 1.6% of the student body to be one of the least represented ethnicities in the district.

Kerrville ISD roughly covers schools within Kerr County and has a main office in Kerrville.

Among the eight schools in Kerrville ISD schools, Tivy High School recorded the highest enrollment of African American students in the 2022-23 school year, with a total of 22 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 African American Students	African American students %
2022-23	4,878	79	1.6%
2021-22	4,814	91	1.9%
2020-21	4,781	87	1.8%
2019-20	4,818	80	1.7%