Enrollment at Baird ISD schools increased by 6.5% compared to previous school year

Texas State Board Of Education Secretary Pat Hardy (2024) | twitter.com/pathardy

By Abilene Times

Sep 1, 2024

There were 312 students enrolled in Baird ISD schools in the 2022-23 school year, 6.5% more than the previous year, according to the Texas Education Agency.

Of all the students welcomed in the 2022-23 school year, 52.6% of them were boys, and 47.4% were girls.

Data also shows that the majority of students were white, representing 76.3% of the Baird ISD total enrollment.

Baird ISD roughly covers schools within Callahan County with its main office in Baird.

Among the two schools in Baird ISD, Baird Elementary School recorded the highest enrollment of 169 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.

Enrollment in Baird ISD Over 4 Years