South San Antonio News

There were 1,929 white students enrolled in Atascosa County schools in the 2021-22 school year, 5% less than the previous year, according to the Texas Education Agency.

Data showed that Atascosa County welcomed 8,471 students during the 2021-22 school year. Among them, white comprised 22.8% of the student body to be the second most represented ethnicity in the county.

Among the 23 schools in Atascosa County, Pleasanton Elementary School recorded the highest enrollment of white students in the 2021-22 school year, with a total of 268 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.

School name	% of white students enrolment	Total enrollment
Pleasanton Elementary School	27.7	969
Pleasanton High School	27.6	955
Pleasanton Junior High School	27.1	757
Pleasanton Primary School	28	686
Poteet Elementary School	10.7	568
Lytle Elementary School	17	505
Poteet High School	12	490
Lytle High School	13.1	487
Jourdanton High School	42.7	438
Jourdanton Elementary School	34.7	435
Lytle Junior High School	20	395
Poteet Junior High School	12.7	386
Jourdanton Junior High School	35.1	379
Lytle Primary School	13.4	350
Poteet Intermediate School	10.2	236
Charlotte Elementary School	12.4	170
Charlotte High School	11.9	126
Charlotte Middle School	13.9	101
Pleasanton ISD School of Choice	18.2	11
Jourdanton DAEP	40	10
Atascosa County Alter	33.3	6
Lytle DAEP	16.7	6
Atascosa County Juvenile Justice Center	20	5