Texas Education Commissioner Mike Morath (2024) | Ballotpedia
Texas Education Commissioner Mike Morath (2024) | Ballotpedia
Of the 1,005 students enrolled in Childress County schools, 62.1% were considered economically disadvantaged. This is a 14.5% increase over the previous school year.
Childress County enrolled the 54th lowest number of students identified as economically disadvantaged among Texas counties.
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.
| School | Number of Economically Disadvantaged Students | Total Number of Students |
|---|---|---|
| Childress Elementary School | 324 | 451 |
| Childress High School | 162 | 303 |
| Childress Junior High School | 138 | 251 |
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