Texas Education Commissioner Mike Morath (2024) | onestarfoundation.org
Texas Education Commissioner Mike Morath (2024) | onestarfoundation.org
Out of the total students welcomed in the 2022-23 school year, 52% of the students were girls, and 48% were boys.
The most represented ethnicity among Texas College Preparatory Academies students was white, accounting for 38.7% of the student population.
Among the five districts in Bastrop County, Bastrop ISD ranked second in enrollment numbers with 12,506 students, while Elgin ISD welcomed 5,404 students and ranked third in the 2022-23 school year.
Texas College Preparatory Academies roughly covers schools within Bastrop County with its main office in Lewisville.
In the previous school year, Texas College Preparatory Academies had the highest number of students among Bastrop County districts.
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.
The Texas education system is currently torn between public schools and taxpayer-funded private schools.
Critics argue that private schools use funds that should go to the public school system, while private school advocates claim they’re offering better education for more Texas students.
| District | City (Main Office) | Total enrollment |
|---|---|---|
| Texas College Preparatory Academies | Lewisville | 16,478 |
| Bastrop ISD | Bastrop | 12,506 |
| Elgin ISD | Elgin | 5,404 |
| Smithville ISD | Smithville | 1,885 |
| Mcdade ISD | McDade | 356 |
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