Texas State Board Of Education Secretary Pat Hardy (2024) | twitter.com/pathardy
Texas State Board Of Education Secretary Pat Hardy (2024) | twitter.com/pathardy
Out of the total students welcomed in the 2022-23 school year, 53.8% of them were boys, and 46.2% were girls.
Data also showed that most of the students were Hispanic, representing 88.4% of the Morton ISD total enrollment.
Among the two districts in Cochran County, Whiteface CISD ranked second in enrollment numbers with 329 students in the 2022-23 school year.
Morton ISD roughly covers schools within Cochran County with its main office in Morton.
In the previous school year, Morton ISD had the highest number of students among Cochran 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.
The Texas education system is currently torn between public schools and taxpayer-funded private schools.
Critics argue that private schools use funds that should go to the public school system, while private school advocates claim they’re offering better education for more Texas students.
| District | City (Main Office) | Total enrollment |
|---|---|---|
| Morton ISD | Morton | 353 |
| Whiteface CISD | Whiteface | 329 |
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