Nortex Times

Cottle County enrolled 161 students in the 2021-2022 school year, according to the Texas Education Agency.

This is 22 fewer than the year before.

Cottle County was ranked 249th in enrollment among Texas counties.

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	Number of Students in 2021-2022 year	% Change From Previous School Year
Paducah School	161	-12%