Texas State Board Of Education Chair Keven Ellis (2024) | twitter.com/KevenEllisDC
Texas State Board Of Education Chair Keven Ellis (2024) | twitter.com/KevenEllisDC
Data showed that Winkler County welcomed 1,678 students during the 2021-22 school year. Among them, Hispanic comprised 72.8% of the student body to be the most represented ethnicity in the county.
Among the five schools in Winkler County, Kermit Elementary School recorded the highest enrollment of Hispanic students in the 2021-22 school year, with a total of 429 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.
| School name | % of Hispanic students enrolment | Total enrollment |
|---|---|---|
| Kermit Elementary School | 82.3 | 521 |
| Kermit Junior High School | 80.8 | 385 |
| Kermit High School | 81.1 | 365 |
| Wink Elementary School | 43.8 | 219 |
| Wink High School | 47.9 | 188 |
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