East Central Texas News

There were 3,099 students enrolled in Athens ISD schools in the 2022-23 school year, 4.5% more than the previous year, according to the Texas Education Agency.

Of all the students welcomed in the 2022-23 school year, 53.2% of them were boys, and 46.8% were girls.

The most represented ethnicity among Athens ISD students was Hispanic, accounting for 49.7% of the student population.

Athens ISD roughly covers schools within Henderson County with its main office in Athens.

Among the five schools in Athens ISD, Athens High School recorded the highest enrollment of 928 students 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.

School	Total Enrollment
Athens High School	928
Athens Middle School	682
Central Athens	587
Bel Air Elementary School	453
South Athens Elementary School	449