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 Mills County welcomed 807 students during the 2022-23 school year. Among them, white comprised 69.8% of the student body to be the most represented ethnicity in the county.
Among the six schools in Mills County, Goldthwaite Elementary School recorded the highest enrollment of white students in the 2022-23 school year, with a total of 161 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Goldthwaite Elementary School | 66.5 | 242 |
| Goldthwaite High School | 72.7 | 183 |
| Priddy School | 77.7 | 121 |
| Goldthwaite Middle School | 68.8 | 112 |
| Mullin Main | 74.3 | 101 |
| New Horizons | 47.9 | 48 |
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