Panhandle Times

There were 313 white students enrolled in Castro County schools in the 2022-23 school year, 0.6% more than the previous year, according to the Texas Education Agency.

Data showed that Castro County welcomed 1,554 students during the 2022-23 school year. Among them, white students comprised 20.1% of the student body to be the second most represented ethnicity in the county.

Among the five schools in Castro County, Nazareth School recorded the highest enrollment of white students in the 2022-23 school year, with a total of 218 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 white students enrolment	Total enrollment
Richardson Elementary School	7.6	524
Dimmitt High School	8.6	303
Dimmitt Middle School	5.6	270
Nazareth School	87.2	250
Hart ISD	6.8	207