Texas Education Commissioner Mike Morath (2024) | onestarfoundation.org
Texas Education Commissioner Mike Morath (2024) | onestarfoundation.org
Data showed that Kerens ISD schools welcomed 570 students during the 2022-23 school year. Among them, African American students comprised 17.7% of the student body to be one of the most represented ethnicities in the district.
Kerens ISD roughly covers schools within Navarro County and has a main office in Kerens.
Kerens School was the only school in the district which enrolled African American students, welcoming 101 students in the 2022-23 school year.
Education in Texas is often a hot button issue, especially as test scores lag behind other states.
"The problems commonly cited are flaws in the school financing system, relatively low teacher salary, poor test performance by students... dropouts from traditional schools in favor of charter schools... gun violence, and mental health issues," claimed the Texas Almanac.
| Year | Total District Enrollment | Total of African American Students | African American students % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-23 | 570 | 101 | 17.7% |
| 2021-22 | 552 | 102 | 18.5% |
| 2020-21 | 570 | 122 | 21.4% |
| 2019-20 | 562 | 131 | 23.3% |
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