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The only school in McMullen County suffered a drop in enrollment numbers in the 2022-23 school year, according to the Texas Education Agency report.

There were 282 students in the halls of McMullen County School, 0.4% lower than the year before.

The enrollment numbers in McMullen County fell short of the state's trend of increasing enrollment.

Of all the students welcomed in the 2022-23 school year, 52.8% of the students were girls, and 47.2% were boys.

Data also showed that most of the students were white, representing 56.4% of the McMullen County School's total enrollment.

McMullen County School has a main office in Tilden and is the only school within McMullen County.

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	Total Enrollment in 2022-23	Total Enrollment in 2021-22	Total % Change
McMullen County School	282	283	-0.4%