Abilene Times

There were 37 multiracial students enrolled in Jim Ned CISD schools in the 2022-23 school year, the same number as the previous year, according to the Texas Education Agency.

Data showed that Jim Ned CISD schools welcomed 1,624 students during the 2022-23 school year. Among them, multiracial students comprised 2.3% of the student body to be one of the least represented ethnicities in the district.

Jim Ned CISD roughly covers schools within Taylor County and has a main office in Tuscola.

Among the four schools in Jim Ned CISD schools, Lawn Elementary School recorded the highest enrollment of multiracial students in the 2022-23 school year, with a total of 11 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	1,624	37	2.3%
2021-22	1,578	37	2.3%
2020-21	1,414	31	2.2%
2019-20	1,366	33	2.4%