SE Texas Times

There were 1,549 white students enrolled in Orangefield ISD schools in the 2022-23 school year, 1.7% less than the previous year, according to the Texas Education Agency.

Data showed that Orangefield ISD schools welcomed 1,856 students during the 2022-23 school year. Among them, white students comprised 83.5% of the student body to be one of the most represented ethnicities in the district.

Orangefield ISD roughly covers schools within Orange County and has a main office in Orangefield.

Among the three schools in Orangefield ISD schools, Orangefield Elementary School recorded the highest enrollment of white students in the 2022-23 school year, with a total of 731 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	1,856	1,549	83.5%
2021-22	1,851	1,575	85.1%
2020-21	1,791	1,542	86.1%
2019-20	1,822	1,579	86.7%