Most Diverse School Districts in Texas (Rosenberg, Pecan Grove: area, population, county)

[As Above So Below...]

Originally Posted by nasser1990

Those stats may be as inaccurate as the source you are getting them from. I know Alief ISD, as I have been residing in its area for almost 23 years, the versatility of its mentors, teachers, extra-curricular activities, and even employees. But yes, take a further look.

They’re from the school district itself.

The stats are not inaccurate.

[KathrynAragon]

Tyler Independent School District:

White - 21.21
Hispanic - 46.83
African American - 27.57
Asian - 1.37
American Indian/Alaskan - 0.28

[aab7855]

The OP mentioned the surprising diversity of the Amarillo ISD. What the stats fail to capture are the (relatively) high number of foreign-born persons in Amarillo, many of them resettled refugees. I don´t know if a lot of those folks have moved on now, but as of even 5 years ago many of them were recent arrivals and the govt chose Amarillo at least partly due to its very low unemployment rate. Jobs like meatpacking don´t require a high level of English, so people who come from all over can do the work (and the refugees are from ALL over...Iraq, Burma, Sub-Saharan Africa, etc.)

It would be interesting to know how these families are getting by up there...and how the ISD has no doubt had to provide key services like ESL classes and efforts to help these folks understand their new community...I wish them well.

[As Above So Below...]

Originally Posted by aab7855

The OP mentioned the surprising diversity of the Amarillo ISD. What the stats fail to capture are the (relatively) high number of foreign-born persons in Amarillo, many of them resettled refugees. I don´t know if a lot of those folks have moved on now, but as of even 5 years ago many of them were recent arrivals and the govt chose Amarillo at least partly due to its very low unemployment rate. Jobs like meatpacking don´t require a high level of English, so people who come from all over can do the work (and the refugees are from ALL over...Iraq, Burma, Sub-Saharan Africa, etc.)

It would be interesting to know how these families are getting by up there...and how the ISD has no doubt had to provide key services like ESL classes and efforts to help these folks understand their new community...I wish them well.

Yes, I figured that was a huge reason Amarillo ISD's Asian numbers were as high as they are. Amarillo is part of the meat packing belt which gets a lot of its labor from Southeast Asia in addition to being the refugee resettlement capital of Texas. Looking north of Amarillo, the city of Dumas is almost 10% Asian with very high numbers of Burmese and Thais given its location. Dumas ISD has a couple of schools that are pushing 20% Asian.

Going further north still into Kansas, thats the reason places like Garden City are so diverse.

[Watchful]

Originally Posted by As Above So Below...

If youre talking about schools that are African American dominant, I dont think it would fit the bill:

Alief ISD
Hispanic: 53.1%
Black: 29.0%
Asian: 12.0%
White: 4.0%

Let me look to see what would be the more African American ISDs state wide.

I think there was a time when Alief ISD would have been by far the most diverse (pre-significant-white-flight) - if I'm not mistaken at one time it was pretty close to 25/25/25/25!

[As Above So Below...]

Going back to Amarillo, one of the elementary schools there could probably make a case for top 10 most diverse state wide:

Willis Elementary:
Asian - 33.7%
White - 23.2%
Hispanic - 18.4%
Black - 17.0%

[thenewtexan]

According to Niche, HEB is the most diverse district in Texas. I see why other sources cite Fort Bend though. There was a NYT article naming it the most diverse county in America. Pearland resembles Fort Bend County demographics much more so than Brazoria.

[As Above So Below...]

Originally Posted by SanJac

What about Spring ISD?

Just saw this one. Below are the numbers for Spring:

Spring ISD:
Hispanic - 45.6%
Black - 39.9%
White - 7.9%
Asian - 2.9%

[Soccernerd]

It’s interesting that all of the schools districts are more diverse than the United States (as of the 2010 census in percentages):

White: 60.7
Hispanic/Latino: 16.3
African American/black: 12.6
Asian: 5.6

Those school districts are also more diverse than the state of Texas (as of the 2010 census in percentages):

White: 45.3
Hispanic/Latino: 37.6
African American/black: 11.8
Asian: 3.8

[NigerianNightmare]

I think Lamar CISD is the most diverse school district in Texas, and likely the nation. Richmond area is the most diverse area in Fort Bend which is by far the most diverse county in Texas, so Lamar CISD would likely top that list. The only problem is since it's a CISD it might be hard to find data, on a rudimentary look over couldn't find anything, although it does have Rosenberg which is heavily Hispanic so it might be less diverse than I thought, but Aliana, Cross Creek/Fulshear, Pecan Grove, Bella Terra, Lakemont etcetera might average it out.

Found it out since Aliana is zoned to Fort Bend County the Asian demographic is miniscule although in reality the high school over has 4 times the Asian population as the district.