Lamesa ISD Education: 1,610 students were enrolled in schools in 2021-22 school year

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By Petroplex News

Dec 10, 2023

There were 1,610 students enrolled in Lamesa ISD schools in the 2021-22 school year, 6.9% less than the previous year, according to the Texas Education Agency.

Of all the students welcomed in the 2021-22 school year, 52% of them were boys, and 48% were girls.

Data also shows that the majority of students were Hispanic, representing 82.5% of the Lamesa ISD total enrollment.

Lamesa 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.

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