Panhandle Times

There were 226 white students enrolled in Happy ISD schools in the 2022-23 school year, 4.1% more than the previous year, according to the Texas Education Agency.

Data showed that Happy ISD schools welcomed 270 students during the 2022-23 school year. Among them, white students comprised 83.7% of the student body to be one of the most represented ethnicities in the district.

Happy ISD roughly covers schools within Swisher County and has a main office in Happy.

Among the two schools in Happy ISD schools, Happy Elementary School recorded the highest enrollment of white students in the 2022-23 school year, with a total of 124 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 White Students	White students %
2022-23	270	226	83.7%
2021-22	259	217	83.8%
2020-21	269	219	81.4%
2019-20	270	220	81.5%