Texas State Board Of Education Chair Keven Ellis (2024) | twitter.com/KevenEllisDC
Data showed that Melissa ISD schools welcomed 5,654 students during the 2022-23 school year. Among them, Asian students comprised 8% of the student body to be one of the least represented ethnicities in the district.
Melissa ISD roughly covers schools within Collin County and has a main office in Melissa.
Among the six schools in Melissa ISD schools, Willow Wood Elementary School recorded the highest enrollment of Asian students in the 2022-23 school year, with a total of 110 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 Asian Students | Asian students % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-23 | 5,654 | 454 | 8% |
| 2021-22 | 4,874 | 218 | 4.5% |
| 2020-21 | 4,104 | 134 | 3.3% |
| 2019-20 | 3,580 | 90 | 2.5% |
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