Texas Education Commissioner Mike Morath (2024) | onestarfoundation.org
Texas Education Commissioner Mike Morath (2024) | onestarfoundation.org
Data showed that Wichita County welcomed 19,990 students during the 2022-23 school year. Among them, Hispanic students comprised 32.3% of the student body to be the second most represented ethnicity in the county.
Among the 41 schools in Wichita County, Wichita Falls High School recorded the highest enrollment of Hispanic students in the 2022-23 school year, with a total of 720 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.
Underfunding is a frequently cited challenge facing the state's school districts. Per-pupil funding has not increased since 2019, despite inflation rates rising by more than 20% since then.
“As a result, many districts in our very own Central Texas region are being forced to cut back on essential programs, services, consider school closures, and adopt deficit budgets just to provide students with the education that they deserve,” Hutto ISD Trustee James Matlock said.
| School name | % of Hispanic students enrolment | Total enrollment |
|---|---|---|
| Rider High School | 25 | 1,589 |
| Wichita Falls High School | 55 | 1,309 |
| McNiel Middle School | 24.5 | 1,106 |
| Barwise Middle School | 50 | 1,017 |
| Burkburnett High School | 16.7 | 834 |
| Hirschi High School | 40.1 | 790 |
| Burkburnett Middle School | 19.4 | 736 |
| City View Junior/Senior High School | 33.3 | 627 |
| I. C. Evans Elementary School | 22.2 | 618 |
| Fowler Elementary School | 24.3 | 548 |
| Iowa Park High School | 12.7 | 544 |
| Zundelowitz Elementary School | 68.6 | 538 |
| Kirby Middle School | 39.6 | 533 |
| Overton Ray Elementary School | 17.8 | 527 |
| City View Elementary School | 36.5 | 502 |
| Scotland Park Elementary School | 57.1 | 473 |
| Milam Elementary School | 36.8 | 468 |
| Kidwell Elementary School | 8.6 | 467 |
| John G. Tower Elementary School | 19.8 | 464 |
| Cunningham School | 37.7 | 454 |
| Franklin Elementary School | 33.5 | 451 |
| Bradford Elementary School | 11 | 447 |
| W. F. George Middle School | 13.5 | 436 |
| Southern Hills Elementary School | 57.1 | 431 |
| West Foundation Elementary School | 22.3 | 421 |
| Crockett Elementary School | 38.1 | 415 |
| Fain Elementary School | 25.4 | 397 |
| Jefferson Elementary School | 33 | 382 |
| Lamar Elementary School | 63.7 | 364 |
| Sheppard Afb Elementary School | 14 | 350 |
| Booker T. Washington Elementary School | 25 | 296 |
| Electra Elementary School | 9.4 | 277 |
| Farris Early Childhood Center | 45.3 | 254 |
| Burgess Elementary School | 32.4 | 253 |
| Brook Village Early Childhood | 65.1 | 212 |
| Haynes Elementary School | 29.9 | 204 |
| Electra Junior/Senior High School | 15.1 | 179 |
| Wichita County Juvenile Justice AEP | 34.1 | 41 |
| Gateway Student Support Center | 24.1 | 29 |
| Wichita County JJAEP | 75 | 4 |
| Wichita County JJAEP | 0 | 3 |
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