Panhandle Times

There were four American Indian students enrolled in Plemons-Stinnett-Phillips CISD schools in the 2022-23 school year, 42.9% less than the previous year, according to the Texas Education Agency.

Data showed that Plemons-Stinnett-Phillips CISD schools welcomed 573 students during the 2022-23 school year. Among them, American Indian students comprised 0.7% of the student body to be one of the least represented ethnicities in the district.

Plemons-Stinnett-Phillips CISD roughly covers schools within Hutchinson County and has a main office in Stinnett.

Among the two schools in Plemons-Stinnett-Phillips CISD schools, West Texas High School recorded the highest enrollment of American Indian students in the 2022-23 school year, with a total of three students.

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 American Indian Students	American Indian students %
2022-23	573	4	0.7%
2021-22	621	7	1.1%
2020-21	673	11	1.6%
2019-20	702	11	1.6%