Houston Republic

There were 52 Pacific Islander students enrolled in Alief ISD schools in the 2022-23 school year, the same number as the previous year, according to the Texas Education Agency.

Data showed that Alief ISD schools welcomed 40,329 students during the 2022-23 school year. Among them, Pacific Islander students comprised 0.1% of the student body to be one of the least represented ethnicities in the district.

Alief ISD roughly covers schools within Harris County and has a main office in Houston.

Among the 47 schools in Alief ISD schools, Hastings High School recorded the highest enrollment of Pacific Islander students in the 2022-23 school year, with a total of five 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	40,329	52	0.1%
2021-22	40,664	52	0.1%
2020-21	41,724	65	0.2%
2019-20	45,300	77	0.2%