West Texas News

There were 592 students enrolled in Sundown ISD schools in the 2022-23 school year, the same number as the previous year, according to the Texas Education Agency.

Of all the students welcomed in the 2022-23 school year, 52% of them were boys, and 48% were girls.

Data also shows that the majority of students were Hispanic, representing 58.4% of the Sundown ISD total enrollment.

Sundown ISD roughly covers schools within Hockley County with its main office in Sundown.

Among the four schools in Sundown ISD, Sundown Elementary School recorded the highest enrollment of 260 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
Sundown Elementary School	260
Sundown High School	181
Sundown Junior High School	145
Race (Roughneck Alternative Center for Education)	6