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Yoakum County Education: 22 multiracial students were enrolled in schools in 2022-23 school year

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Texas Education Commissioner Mike Morath (2024) | Ballotpedia

Texas Education Commissioner Mike Morath (2024) | Ballotpedia

There were 22 multiracial students enrolled in Yoakum County schools in the 2022-23 school year, 15.8% more than the previous year, according to the Texas Education Agency.

Data showed that Yoakum County welcomed 1,988 students during the 2022-23 school year. Among them, multiracial students comprised 1.1% of the student body to be the third most represented ethnicity in the county.

Among the seven schools in Yoakum County, Dodson Primary School recorded the highest enrollment of multiracial students in the 2022-23 school year, with a total of seven 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.

Underfunding is a frequently cited challenge facing the state's school districts. Per-pupil funding has not increased since 2019, despite inflation rates rising by more than 20% since then.

“As a result, many districts in our very own Central Texas region are being forced to cut back on essential programs, services, consider school closures, and adopt deficit budgets just to provide students with the education that they deserve,” Hutto ISD Trustee James Matlock said.

Ethnicities in Yoakum County in 2022-23 School Year

White [16.3%]Hispanic [81.4%]Ethnicities <5% [2.3%]
Enrollment Demographics in Yoakum County Schools During 2022-23 School Year

School name% of Multiracial students enrolmentTotal enrollment
Denver City High School0.8521
William G. Gravitt Junior High School1.6364
Dodson Primary School2347
Kelley Elementary School0.3325
Plains Elementary School0.5203
Plains High School0132
Plains Middle School3.196

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