Enrollment at Klondike ISD schools decreased by 1.5% compared to previous school year

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By Petroplex News

Dec 23, 2023

There were 260 students enrolled in Klondike ISD schools in the 2021-22 school year, 1.5% less than the previous year, according to the Texas Education Agency.

Of all the students welcomed in the 2021-22 school year, 53.1% of them were girls, and 46.9% were boys.

Data also shows that the majority of students were white, representing 60.4% of the Klondike ISD total enrollment.

Klondike ISD roughly covers schools within Dawson County with its main office in Lamesa.

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.

Enrollment in Klondike ISD Over 3 Years