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, 52.6% of them were boys, and 47.4% were girls.
Data also showed that the majority of students were Hispanic, representing 93.6% of the Pearsall High School total enrollment.
Among the seven schools in Frio County, Ted Flores Elementary School ranked second in enrollment numbers with 520 students, while Pearsall Junior High School welcomed 457 students and ranked third in the 2022-23 school year.
Pearsall High School is a part of Pearsall ISD, which roughly covers schools within Frio County with its main office in Pearsall.
In the previous school year, Pearsall High School also had the highest number of students among Frio 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.
The Texas education system is currently torn between public schools and taxpayer-funded private schools.
Critics argue that private schools use funds that should go to the public school system, while private school advocates claim they’re offering better education for more Texas students.
| School Name | City | Total School Enrollment |
|---|---|---|
| Pearsall High School | Pearsall | 614 |
| Ted Flores Elementary School | Pearsall | 520 |
| Pearsall Junior High School | Pearsall | 457 |
| Dilley Elementary School | Dilley | 451 |
| Pearsall Intermediate School | Pearsall | 427 |
| Dilley High School | Dilley | 280 |
| Mary Harper Middle School | Dilley | 168 |
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