Centroplex News

There were 910 Pacific Islander students enrolled in Killeen ISD schools in the 2022-23 school year, 1.2% more than the previous year, according to the Texas Education Agency.

Data showed that Killeen ISD schools welcomed 43,935 students during the 2022-23 school year. Among them, Pacific Islander students comprised 2.1% of the student body to be one of the least represented ethnicities in the district.

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

Among the 54 schools in Killeen ISD schools, Robert M. Shoemaker High School recorded the highest enrollment of Pacific Islander students in the 2022-23 school year, with a total of 54 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	43,935	910	2.1%
2021-22	43,882	899	2%
2020-21	43,838	885	2%
2019-20	45,336	952	2.1%