West Texas News

There were 835 students enrolled in Abernathy ISD schools in the 2022-23 school year, 1.2% more than the previous year, according to the Texas Education Agency.

Of all the students welcomed in the 2022-23 school year, 50.2% of them were boys, and 49.8% were girls.

Data also shows that the majority of students were Hispanic, representing 50.9% of the Abernathy ISD total enrollment.

Abernathy ISD roughly covers schools within Hale County with its main office in Abernathy.

Among the four schools in Abernathy ISD, Abernathy Elementary School recorded the highest enrollment of 411 students in the 2022-23 school year.

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	Total Enrollment
Abernathy Elementary School	411
Abernathy High School	243
Abernathy Middle School	180
Abernathy DAEP	1