Texas Education Commissioner Mike Morath (2024) | Ballotpedia
Texas Education Commissioner Mike Morath (2024) | Ballotpedia
Data showed that Northwest ISD schools welcomed 29,248 students during the 2022-23 school year. Among them, white students comprised 52.8% of the student body to be one of the most represented ethnicities in the district.
Northwest ISD roughly covers schools within Denton County and has a main office in Justin.
Among the 33 schools in Northwest ISD schools, Byron Nelson High School recorded the highest enrollment of white students in the 2022-23 school year, with a total of 1,693 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 White Students | White students % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-23 | 29,248 | 15,435 | 52.8% |
| 2021-22 | 27,583 | 15,427 | 55.9% |
| 2020-21 | 25,383 | 14,890 | 58.7% |
| 2019-20 | 25,040 | 15,354 | 61.3% |
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