Abilene Times

There were 693 multiracial students enrolled in Abilene ISD schools in the 2022-23 school year, 2.1% more than the previous year, according to the Texas Education Agency.

Data showed that Abilene ISD schools welcomed 15,253 students during the 2022-23 school year. Among them, multiracial students comprised 4.5% of the student body to be one of the least represented ethnicities in the district.

Abilene ISD roughly covers schools within Taylor County and has a main office in Abilene.

Among the 26 schools in Abilene ISD schools, Cooper High School recorded the highest enrollment of multiracial students in the 2022-23 school year, with a total of 74 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 Multiracial Students	Multiracial students %
2022-23	15,253	693	4.5%
2021-22	15,426	679	4.4%
2020-21	15,680	666	4.2%
2019-20	16,612	723	4.4%