Panhandle Times

There were 3,952 students enrolled in Hereford ISD schools in the 2022-23 school year, a slight decrease from the previous year, according to the Texas Education Agency.

Of all the students welcomed in the 2022-23 school year, 50.7% of them were boys, and 49.3% were girls.

Data also shows that the majority of students were Hispanic, representing 91.3% of the Hereford ISD total enrollment.

Hereford ISD roughly covers schools within Deaf Smith County with its main office in Hereford.

Among the eight schools in Hereford ISD, Hereford High School recorded the highest enrollment of 1,176 students in the 2022-23 school year.

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.

School	Total Enrollment
Hereford High School	1,176
Hereford Junior High School	599
Northwest Elementary School	456
Bluebonnet Elementary School	404
Aikman Elementary School	378
West Central Elementary School	361
Hereford Preparatory Academy	299
Tierra Blanca Early Childhood Center	279