Panhandle Times

Tulia Elementary School had the highest enrollment among Swisher County schools, welcoming 408 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, 50.2% of them were boys, and 49.8% were girls.

Data also showed that the majority of students were Hispanic, representing 66.9% of the Tulia Elementary School total enrollment.

Among the seven schools in Swisher County, Tulia High School ranked second in enrollment numbers with 282 students, while Tulia Junior High School welcomed 206 students and ranked third in the 2022-23 school year.

Tulia Elementary School is a part of Tulia ISD, which roughly covers schools within Swisher County with its main office in Tulia.

In the previous school year, Tulia Elementary School also had the highest number of students among Swisher 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
Tulia Elementary School	Tulia	408
Tulia High School	Tulia	282
Tulia Junior High School	Tulia	206
Kress High School	Kress	145
Happy Elementary School	Happy	139
Kress Elementary School	Kress	134
Happy High School	Happy	131