North Coastal News

Edna High School had the highest enrollment among Jackson County schools, welcoming 431 students during the 2022-23 academic year, according to the Texas Education Agency report.

Of all the students welcomed in the 2022-23 school year, 51.5% of them were boys, and 48.5% were girls.

The most represented ethnicity among Edna High School students was Hispanic, accounting for 47.3% of the student population.

Among the 10 schools in Jackson County, Industrial High School ranked second in enrollment numbers with 386 students, while Ganado Elementary School welcomed 347 students and ranked third in the 2022-23 school year.

Edna High School is a part of Edna ISD, which roughly covers schools within Jackson County with its main office in Edna.

In the previous school year, Edna Elementary School had the highest number of students among Jackson 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
Edna High School	Edna	431
Industrial High School	Vanderbilt	386
Ganado Elementary School	Ganado	347
Edna Junior High School	Edna	334
Industrial Elementary East	Vanderbilt	269
Industrial Junior High School	Vanderbilt	262
Edna Elementary School	Edna	222
Ganado High School	Ganado	200
Ganado Junior High School	Ganado	164
Edna Alternative	Edna	41