Texas Education Commissioner Mike Morath (2024) | Ballotpedia
Texas Education Commissioner Mike Morath (2024) | Ballotpedia
Data showed that Runnels County welcomed 2,013 students during the 2022-23 school year. Among them, Asian students comprised 0.3% of the student body to be the third least represented ethnicity in the county.
Among the 10 schools in Runnels County, only Ballinger Elementary School and Winters Elementary School enrolled any Asian 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 Asian students enrolment | Total enrollment |
|---|---|---|
| Ballinger Elementary School | 0.5 | 368 |
| Winters Elementary School | 0.6 | 339 |
| Miles Elementary School | 0 | 279 |
| Ballinger High School | 0.4 | 266 |
| Miles High School | 0 | 231 |
| Ballinger Junior High School | 0.6 | 179 |
| Winters High School | 0 | 148 |
| Olfen School | 0 | 126 |
| Winters Junior High School | 0 | 72 |
| Wall Special Programs | 0 | 5 |
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