Grayson Times

There were two multiracial students enrolled in Sivells Bend ISD schools in the 2021-22 school year, 100% more than the previous year, according to the Texas Education Agency.

Data showed that Sivells Bend ISD schools welcomed 63 students during the 2021-22 school year. Among them, multiracial students comprised 3.2% of the student body to be one of the least represented ethnicities in the district.

Sivells Bend ISD roughly covers schools within Cooke County and has a main office in Gainesville.

Sivells Bend Elementary School was the only school in the district which enrolled multiracial students, welcoming two students in the 2021-22 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.

Year	Total District Enrollment	Total of Multiracial Students	Multiracial students %
2021-22	63	2	3.2
2020-21	49	1	2
2019-20	76	9	11.8