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 La Salle County welcomed 1,170 students during the 2022-23 school year. Among them, white students comprised 3.8% of the student body to be the second most represented ethnicity in the county.
Among the four schools in La Salle County, Ramirez-Burks Elementary School recorded the highest enrollment of white students in the 2022-23 school year, with a total of 19 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Ramirez-Burks Elementary School | 4 | 478 |
| Cotulla High School | 4.1 | 345 |
| Frank Newman Middle School | 3.7 | 273 |
| Encinal Elementary School | 2.7 | 74 |
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