Panhandle Times

There were six multiracial students enrolled in Hedley ISD schools in the 2021-22 school year, 200% more than the previous year, according to the Texas Education Agency.

Data showed that Hedley ISD schools welcomed 124 students during the 2021-22 school year. Among them, multiracial students comprised 4.8% of the student body to be one of the least represented ethnicities in the district.

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

Hedley School was the only school in the district which enrolled multiracial students, welcoming six students in the 2021-22 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.

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 Multiracial Students	Multiracial students %
2021-22	124	6	4.8
2020-21	113	2	1.8
2019-20	114	1	0.9