Panhandle Times

There were 533 white students enrolled in Childress ISD schools in the 2021-22 school year, 1.1% more than the previous year, according to the Texas Education Agency.

Data showed that Childress ISD schools welcomed 1,014 students during the 2021-22 school year. Among them, white students comprised 52.6% of the student body to be one of the most represented ethnicities in the district.

Childress ISD roughly covers schools within Childress County and has a main office in Childress.

Among the three schools in Childress ISD schools, Childress Elementary School recorded the highest enrollment of white students in the 2021-22 school year, with a total of 227 students.

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.

More than 5.4 million students are enrolled in public schools across Texas. Nearly one million of them live in rural areas where options for local public schools are few and far between.

Year	Total District Enrollment	Total of White Students	White students %
2021-22	1,014	533	52.6
2020-21	997	527	52.9
2019-20	1,090	554	50.8