West Texas News

The only school in Kent County had a rise in enrollment numbers in the 2022-23 school year, according to the Texas Education Agency report.

There were 175 students in the halls of Jayton Schools, 2.3% higher than the year before.

The enrollment numbers in Kent County amplified the state's increasing trend, showing a sharper increase in student numbers than the state average.

Of all the students welcomed in the 2022-23 school year, 57.7% of them were boys, and 42.3% were girls.

Data also showed that most of the students were white, representing 76.6% of the Jayton Schools's total enrollment.

Jayton Schools has a main office in Jayton and is the only school within Kent County.

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.

School	Total Enrollment in 2022-23	Total Enrollment in 2021-22	Total % Change
Jayton Schools	175	171	2.3%