Houston Republic

There were 332 American Indian students enrolled in Houston ISD schools in the 2022-23 school year, 9.5% less than the previous year, according to the Texas Education Agency.

Data showed that Houston ISD schools welcomed 189,934 students during the 2022-23 school year. Among them, American Indian students comprised 0.2% of the student body to be one of the least represented ethnicities in the district.

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

Among the 272 schools in Houston ISD schools, Texas Connections Academy at Houston recorded the highest enrollment of American Indian students in the 2022-23 school year, with a total of 35 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 American Indian Students	American Indian students %
2022-23	189,934	332	0.2%
2021-22	194,607	367	0.2%
2020-21	196,943	397	0.2%
2019-20	210,061	433	0.2%