East DFW News

There were 28 Pacific Islander students enrolled in Rockwall ISD schools in the 2022-23 school year, 15.2% less than the previous year, according to the Texas Education Agency.

Data showed that Rockwall ISD schools welcomed 18,384 students during the 2022-23 school year. Among them, Pacific Islander students comprised 0.2% of the student body to be one of the least represented ethnicities in the district.

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

Among the 22 schools in Rockwall ISD schools, Rockwall High School recorded the highest enrollment of Pacific Islander students in the 2022-23 school year, with a total of four 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 Pacific Islander Students	Pacific Islander students %
2022-23	18,384	28	0.2%
2021-22	17,926	33	0.2%
2020-21	16,987	29	0.2%
2019-20	17,007	32	0.2%