Texas Education Commissioner Mike Morath (2024) | onestarfoundation.org
Texas Education Commissioner Mike Morath (2024) | onestarfoundation.org
Of all the students welcomed in the 2022-23 school year, 58.3% of them were boys, and 41.7% were girls.
Data also showed that the majority of students were white, representing 76.8% of the New Home School total enrollment.
Among the six schools in Lynn County, Tahoka Elementary School ranked second in enrollment numbers with 298 students, while O'Donnell School welcomed 288 students and ranked third in the 2022-23 school year.
New Home School is a part of New Home ISD, which roughly covers schools within Lynn County with its main office in New Home.
In the previous school year, New Home School also had the highest number of students among Lynn 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.
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 | City | Total School Enrollment |
|---|---|---|
| New Home School | New Home | 626 |
| Tahoka Elementary School | Tahoka | 298 |
| O'Donnell School | O'donnell | 288 |
| Tahoka High School | Tahoka | 175 |
| Wilson School | Wilson | 125 |
| Tahoka Middle School | Tahoka | 122 |
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