Texas Education Commissioner Mike Morath (2024) | onestarfoundation.org
Texas Education Commissioner Mike Morath (2024) | onestarfoundation.org
Of all the students welcomed in the 2022-23 school year, 50.2% of the students were girls, and 49.8% were boys.
Data also showed that the majority of students were white, representing 57.7% of the Silverton School total enrollment.
Among the two schools in Briscoe County, Valley School ranked second in enrollment numbers with 183 students in the 2022-23 school year.
Silverton School is a part of Silverton ISD, which roughly covers schools within Briscoe County with its main office in Silverton.
In the previous school year, Valley School had the highest number of students among Briscoe 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Silverton School | Silverton | 213 |
| Valley School | Turkey | 183 |
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