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Enrollment Analysis: White students comprised 23.3% of Dawson County’s student body in 2021-22 school year

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Texas State Board Of Education Chair Keven Ellis (2024) | twitter.com/KevenEllisDC

Texas State Board Of Education Chair Keven Ellis (2024) | twitter.com/KevenEllisDC

There were 529 white students enrolled in Dawson County schools in the 2021-22 school year, 5.9% less than the previous year, according to the Texas Education Agency.

Data showed that Dawson County welcomed 2,268 students during the 2021-22 school year. Among them, white comprised 23.3% of the student body to be the second most represented ethnicity in the county.

Among the four schools in Dawson County, Lamesa Schools recorded the highest enrollment of white students in the 2021-22 school year, with a total of 205 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.

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.

Ethnicities in Dawson County in 2021-22 School Year

White [23.3%]Hispanic [72.4%]Ethnicities <5% [4.3%]
Enrollment Demographics in Dawson County Schools During 2021-22 School Year

School name% of white students enrolmentTotal enrollment
Lamesa Schools12.71,610
Klondike ISD60.4260
Sands CISD51.8249
Dawson School25.5149

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