Panhandle Times

Dumas ISD had the highest enrollment among Moore County districts, welcoming 4,192 students during the 2022-23 academic year, according to the Texas Education Agency report.

Out of the total students welcomed in the 2022-23 school year, 51.5% of them were boys, and 48.5% were girls.

Data also showed that most of the students were Hispanic, representing 77.3% of the Dumas ISD total enrollment.

Among the two districts in Moore County, Sunray ISD ranked second in enrollment numbers with 675 students in the 2022-23 school year.

Dumas ISD roughly covers schools within Moore County with its main office in Dumas.

In the previous school year, Dumas ISD had the highest number of students among Moore County districts.

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.

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.

District	City (Main Office)	Total enrollment
Dumas ISD	Dumas	4,192
Sunray ISD	Sunray	675