Texas State Board Of Education Secretary Pat Hardy (2024) | twitter.com/pathardy
Texas State Board Of Education Secretary Pat Hardy (2024) | twitter.com/pathardy
Data showed that Winkler County welcomed 1,805 students during the 2022-23 school year. Among them, white students comprised 22.3% of the student body to be the second most represented ethnicity in the county.
Among the five schools in Winkler County, Wink Elementary School recorded the highest enrollment of white students in the 2022-23 school year, with a total of 108 students.
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 | % of white students enrolment | Total enrollment |
|---|---|---|
| Kermit Elementary School | 14.1 | 596 |
| Kermit Junior High School | 14.3 | 406 |
| Kermit High School | 13.2 | 372 |
| Wink Elementary School | 49.3 | 219 |
| Wink High School | 49.1 | 212 |
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