Panhandle Times

Borger High School had the highest enrollment among Hutchinson County schools, welcoming 761 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, 52.2% of them were boys, and 47.8% were girls.

The most represented ethnicity among Borger High School students was white, accounting for 48.6% of the student population.

Among the 12 schools in Hutchinson County, Borger Middle School ranked second in enrollment numbers with 381 students, while Gateway Elementary School welcomed 372 students and ranked third in the 2022-23 school year.

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

In the previous school year, Borger High School also had the highest number of students among Hutchinson 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
Borger High School	Borger	761
Borger Middle School	Borger	381
Gateway Elementary School	Borger	372
Crockett Elementary School	Borger	339
Borger Intermediate School	Borger	335
Sanford-Fritch Elementary School	Fritch	309
West Texas High School	Stinnett	308
Paul Belton Elementary School	Borger	289
West Texas Elementary School	Stinnett	265
Sanford-Fritch High School	Fritch	216
Sanford-Fritch Junior High School	Fritch	163
Spring Creek School	Skellytown	92