Texas State Board Of Education Secretary Pat Hardy (2024) | twitter.com/pathardy
Texas State Board Of Education Secretary Pat Hardy (2024) | twitter.com/pathardy
Data showed that Hale County welcomed 3,265 students during the 2022-23 school year. Among them, multiracial students comprised 1.3% of the student body to be the fourth least represented ethnicity in the county.
Among the 12 schools in Hale County, Plainview High School recorded the highest enrollment of multiracial students in the 2022-23 school year, with a total of 15 students.
Education in Texas is often a hot button issue, especially as test scores lag behind other states.
“The problems commonly cited are flaws in the school financing system, relatively low teacher salary, poor test performance by students…dropouts from traditional schools in favor of charter schools…gun violence, and mental health issues," claimed the Texas Almanac.
| School name | % of Multiracial students enrolment | Total enrollment |
|---|---|---|
| Plainview High School | 1 | 1,442 |
| Abernathy Elementary School | 1.2 | 411 |
| Petersburg School | 1.1 | 272 |
| Akin Elementary School | 0.8 | 248 |
| Abernathy High School | 1.6 | 243 |
| Abernathy Middle School | 2.2 | 180 |
| Carr Middle School | 0 | 178 |
| Hale Center High School | 4.4 | 159 |
| Cotton Center School | 1 | 100 |
| Hale County JJAEP | 3.7 | 27 |
| DAEP | 0 | 3 |
| Lockney DAEP | 0 | 2 |
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