Hill Country Chronicle

There was one Pacific Islander student enrolled in Big Springs Charter School District in the 2022-23 school year, the same number as the previous year, according to the Texas Education Agency.

Data showed that Big Springs Charter School District welcomed 211 students during the 2022-23 school year. Among them, Pacific Islander students comprised 0.5% of the student body to be one of the least represented ethnicities in the district.

Big Springs Charter School District roughly covers schools within Real County and has a main office in Ingram.

Hill Country Youth Ranch was the only school in the district which enrolled Pacific Islander students, welcoming one student in the 2022-23 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.

Year	Total District Enrollment	Total of Pacific Islander Students	Pacific Islander students %
2022-23	211	1	0.5%
2021-22	203	1	0.5%
2020-21	235	1	0.4%
2019-20	223	0	0%