Texas Education Commissioner Mike Morath (2024) | onestarfoundation.org
Texas Education Commissioner Mike Morath (2024) | onestarfoundation.org
Data showed that Parmer County welcomed 2,290 students during the 2021-22 school year. Among them, white comprised 20.9% of the student body to be the second most represented ethnicity in the county.
Among the 11 schools in Parmer County, Farwell Elementary School recorded the highest enrollment of white students in the 2021-22 school year, with a total of 126 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.
| School name | % of white students enrolment | Total enrollment |
|---|---|---|
| Friona Elementary School | 6.9 | 321 |
| Friona High School | 10.9 | 285 |
| Farwell Elementary School | 44.8 | 281 |
| Friona Primary School | 6.9 | 245 |
| Friona Junior High School | 11.4 | 229 |
| Bovina Elementary School | 5.4 | 221 |
| Farwell High School | 54.2 | 168 |
| Lazbuddie School | 56.1 | 164 |
| Farwell Junior High School | 38.1 | 139 |
| Bovina High School | 3.1 | 127 |
| Bovina Middle School | 4.5 | 110 |
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