West Texas News

There were 168 white students enrolled in Cochran County schools in the 2021-22 school year, 2.9% less than the previous year, according to the Texas Education Agency.

Data showed that Cochran County welcomed 674 students during the 2021-22 school year. Among them, white comprised 24.9% of the student body to be the second most represented ethnicity in the county.

Among the two schools in Cochran County, Whiteface School recorded the highest enrollment of white students in the 2021-22 school year, with a total of 136 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 white students enrolment	Total enrollment
Morton School	8.9	361
Whiteface School	43.5	313