Panhandle Times

Dumas High School had the highest enrollment among Moore County schools, welcoming 1,140 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, 50.1% of them were boys, and 49.9% were girls.

Data also showed that the majority of students were Hispanic, representing 74.7% of the Dumas High School total enrollment.

Among the 12 schools in Moore County, Dumas Junior High School ranked second in enrollment numbers with 648 students, while Dumas Intermediate School welcomed 595 students and ranked third in the 2022-23 school year.

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

In the previous school year, Dumas High School also had the highest number of students among Moore 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
Dumas High School	Dumas	1,140
Dumas Junior High School	Dumas	648
Dumas Intermediate School	Dumas	595
Morningside Elementary School	Dumas	431
Cactus Elementary School	Dumas	403
Green Acres Elementary School	Dumas	339
Sunset Elementary School	Dumas	336
Sunray Elementary School	Sunray	335
Hillcrest Elementary School	Dumas	271
Sunray High School	Sunray	180
Sunray Middle School	Sunray	160
North Plains Opportunity Center	Dumas	29