Panhandle Times

There were 1,484 Hispanic students enrolled in Ochiltree County schools in the 2022-23 school year, 1.9% less than the previous year, according to the Texas Education Agency.

Data showed that Ochiltree County welcomed 2,008 students during the 2022-23 school year. Among them, Hispanic comprised 73.9% of the student body to be the most represented ethnicity in the county.

Among the six schools in Ochiltree County, Perryton High School recorded the highest enrollment of Hispanic students in the 2022-23 school year, with a total of 474 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.

Underfunding is a frequently cited challenge facing the state's school districts. Per-pupil funding has not increased since 2019, despite inflation rates rising by more than 20% since then.

“As a result, many districts in our very own Central Texas region are being forced to cut back on essential programs, services, consider school closures, and adopt deficit budgets just to provide students with the education that they deserve,” Hutto ISD Trustee James Matlock said.

School name	% of Hispanic students enrolment	Total enrollment
Perryton High School	76.5	620
James L. Wright Elementary School	73.5	471
Perryton Junior High School	70	436
Edwin F. Williams Intermediate School	70.3	266
Perryton Kinder	81.9	199
Ludi Pena Martin Accelerated Education Center	56.3	16