Panhandle Times

There were 27 Hispanic students enrolled in Kelton ISD schools in the 2022-23 school year, 15.6% less than the previous year, according to the Texas Education Agency.

Data showed that Kelton ISD schools welcomed 153 students during the 2022-23 school year. Among them, Hispanic students comprised 17.6% of the student body to be one of the most represented ethnicities in the district.

Kelton ISD roughly covers schools within Wheeler County and has a main office in Wheeler.

Kelton School was the only school in the district which enrolled Hispanic students, welcoming 27 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 Hispanic Students	Hispanic students %
2022-23	153	27	17.6%
2021-22	137	32	23.4%
2020-21	119	26	21.8%
2019-20	84	23	27.4%