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 Mitchell County welcomed 1,344 students during the 2022-23 school year. Among them, white students comprised 43.5% of the student body to be the second most represented ethnicity in the county.
Among the five schools in Mitchell County, Colorado Elementary and Middle School recorded the highest enrollment of white students in the 2022-23 school year, with a total of 246 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 white students enrolment | Total enrollment |
|---|---|---|
| Colorado Elementary and Middle School | 34.7 | 708 |
| Westbrook School | 67.5 | 255 |
| Colorado High School | 52.9 | 227 |
| Loraine School | 29.3 | 140 |
| Wallace Accelerated High School | 35.7 | 14 |
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