Texas Education Commissioner Mike Morath (2024) | onestarfoundation.org
Texas Education Commissioner Mike Morath (2024) | onestarfoundation.org
Out of the total students welcomed in the 2022-23 school year, 52.1% of them were boys, and 47.9% were girls.
The most represented ethnicity among Wichita Falls ISD students was Hispanic, accounting for 39.0% of the student population.
Among the five districts in Wichita County, Burkburnett ISD ranked second in enrollment numbers with 3,211 students, while Iowa Park CISD welcomed 1,895 students and ranked third in the 2022-23 school year.
Wichita Falls ISD roughly covers schools within Wichita County with its main office in Wichita Falls.
In the previous school year, Wichita Falls ISD had the highest number of students among Wichita County districts.
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.
Education in Texas is often a hot button issue, especially as test scores lag behind other states.
“The problems commonly cited are flaws in the school financing system, relatively low teacher salary, poor test performance by students, dropouts from traditional schools in favor of charter schools, gun violence, and mental health issues,” claimed the Texas Almanac.
| District | City (Main Office) | Total enrollment |
|---|---|---|
| Wichita Falls ISD | Wichita Falls | 13,296 |
| Burkburnett ISD | Burkburnett | 3,211 |
| Iowa Park CISD | Iowa Park | 1,895 |
| City View ISD | Wichita Falls | 1,133 |
| Electra ISD | Electra | 456 |
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