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 Palo Pinto County welcomed 4,729 students during the 2022-23 school year. Among them, Pacific Islander students comprised 0.1% of the student body to be the least represented ethnicity in the county.
Among the 10 schools in Palo Pinto County, only Mineral Wells Elementary School and Mineral Wells High School enrolled any Pacific Islander students, welcoming two students each in the 2022-23 school year.
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.
| School name | % of Pacific Islander students enrolment | Total enrollment |
|---|---|---|
| Mineral Wells Elementary School | 0.1 | 1,915 |
| Mineral Wells High School | 0.2 | 920 |
| Mineral Wells Junior High School | 0.2 | 498 |
| Graford School | 0.3 | 321 |
| Santo High School | 0 | 276 |
| Santo Elementary School | 0 | 270 |
| Gordon School | 0 | 239 |
| Strawn School | 0 | 174 |
| Palo Pinto Elementary School | 0 | 97 |
| Mineral Wells Academy | 0 | 19 |
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