Texas Education Commissioner Mike Morath (2024) | onestarfoundation.org
Texas Education Commissioner Mike Morath (2024) | onestarfoundation.org
Data showed that Bailey County welcomed 1,348 students during the 2021-22 school year. Among them, Hispanic comprised 85.8% of the student body to be the most represented ethnicity in the county.
Among the four schools in Bailey County, Dillman Elementary School recorded the highest enrollment of Hispanic students in the 2021-22 school year, with a total of 330 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.
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 name | % of Hispanic students enrolment | Total enrollment |
|---|---|---|
| Dillman Elementary School | 85.5 | 386 |
| Muleshoe High School | 81.9 | 370 |
| Watson Junior High School | 88 | 301 |
| Mary Deshazo Elementary School | 88.7 | 291 |
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