Panhandle Times

Canadian High School had the highest enrollment among Hemphill County schools, welcoming 297 students during the 2022-23 academic year, according to the Texas Education Agency report.

Of all the students welcomed in the 2022-23 school year, 53.9% of the students were girls, and 46.1% were boys.

The most represented ethnicity among Canadian High School students was white, accounting for 48.8% of the student population.

Among the four schools in Hemphill County, Canadian Elementary School ranked second in enrollment numbers with 204 students, while Canadian Middle School welcomed 191 students and ranked third in the 2022-23 school year.

Canadian High School is a part of Canadian ISD, which roughly covers schools within Hemphill County with its main office in Canadian.

In the previous school year, Canadian High School also had the highest number of students among Hemphill County schools.

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.

School Name	City	Total School Enrollment
Canadian High School	Canadian	297
Canadian Elementary School	Canadian	204
Canadian Middle School	Canadian	191
Baker Elementary School	Canadian	137