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Matagorda County schools enroll 6,969 students in the 2020-2021 school year

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Matagorda County enrolled 6,969 students in the 2020-2021 school year, according to the Texas Education Agency.

This is 289 fewer than the year before.

Matagorda County was ranked 84th in enrollment among Texas counties.

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.

Enrollment rate of Matagorda County schools in 2020-2021 school year

SchoolNumber of Students in 2020-2021 year% Change From Previous School Year
Bay City High School9910.71%
Bay City Junior High School8521.7%
Blessing Elementary School246-4.7%
Central Elementary School360-28.1%
Cherry Elementary School409-20.1%
East Side Intermediate School27638.7%
Markham Elementary School213-2.3%
Matagorda School106-5.4%
Palacios High School369-3.9%
Palacios Junior High School3113%
Roberts Elementary School522-3.9%
Tenie Holmes Elementary School762-7.3%
Tidehaven High School261-6.5%
Tidehaven Intermediate School2353.5%
Van Vleck Elementary School328-2.4%
Van Vleck High School321-2.7%
Van Vleck Intermediate School1564.7%
Van Vleck Junior High School251-4.9%

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