Panhandle Times

There were 24 white students enrolled in Walcott ISD schools in the 2022-23 school year, 14.3% less than the previous year, according to the Texas Education Agency.

Data showed that Walcott ISD schools welcomed 148 students during the 2022-23 school year. Among them, white students comprised 16.2% of the student body to be one of the least represented ethnicities in the district.

Walcott ISD roughly covers schools within Deaf Smith County and has a main office in Hereford.

Walcott Elementary School was the only school in the district which enrolled white students, welcoming 24 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.

Year	Total District Enrollment	Total of White Students	White students %
2022-23	148	24	16.2%
2021-22	152	28	18.4%
2020-21	142	22	15.5%
2019-20	149	19	12.8%