Texas Education Commissioner Mike Morath (2024) | onestarfoundation.org
Texas Education Commissioner Mike Morath (2024) | onestarfoundation.org
Data showed that Mitchell County welcomed 1,289 students during the 2021-22 school year. Among them, Hispanic comprised 48.4% of the student body to be the most represented ethnicity in the county.
Among the five schools in Mitchell County, Colorado Elementary and Middle School recorded the highest enrollment of Hispanic students in the 2021-22 school year, with a total of 366 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Colorado Elementary and Middle School | 54.1 | 677 |
| Westbrook School | 35.3 | 258 |
| Colorado High School | 38.5 | 205 |
| Loraine School | 60 | 135 |
| Wallace Accelerated High School | 50 | 14 |
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