Texas Education Commissioner Mike Morath (2024) | Ballotpedia
Texas Education Commissioner Mike Morath (2024) | Ballotpedia
Of all the students welcomed in the 2022-23 school year, 52.1% of them were boys, and 47.9% were girls.
Data also showed that the majority of students were Hispanic, representing 84.4% of the Lamesa Schools total enrollment.
Among the four schools in Dawson County, Klondike ISD ranked second in enrollment numbers with 254 students, while Sands CISD welcomed 240 students and ranked third in the 2022-23 school year.
Lamesa Schools is a part of Lamesa ISD, which roughly covers schools within Dawson County with its main office in Lamesa.
In the previous school year, Lamesa Schools also had the highest number of students among Dawson County schools.
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.
Education in Texas is often a hot button issue, especially as test scores lag behind other states.
“The problems commonly cited are flaws in the school financing system, relatively low teacher salary, poor test performance by students, dropouts from traditional schools in favor of charter schools, gun violence, and mental health issues,” claimed the Texas Almanac.
| School Name | City | Total School Enrollment |
|---|---|---|
| Lamesa Schools | Lamesa | 1,588 |
| Klondike ISD | Lamesa | 254 |
| Sands CISD | Ackerly | 240 |
| Dawson School | Welch | 139 |
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