Texas Education Commissioner Mike Morath (2024) | onestarfoundation.org
Texas Education Commissioner Mike Morath (2024) | onestarfoundation.org
Data showed that Bee County welcomed 5,074 students during the 2021-22 school year. Among them, Hispanic comprised 79.4% of the student body to be the most represented ethnicity in the county.
Among the 12 schools in Bee County, A. C. Jones High School recorded the highest enrollment of Hispanic students in the 2021-22 school year, with a total of 794 students.
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.
| School name | % of Hispanic students enrolment | Total enrollment |
|---|---|---|
| A. C. Jones High School | 81.9 | 970 |
| Moreno Junior High School | 82.4 | 784 |
| Fadden-McKeown-Chambliss Elementary School | 87.3 | 529 |
| Pawnee Elementary / Junior High School | 70.5 | 498 |
| R. A. Hall Elementary School | 86.4 | 434 |
| St. Mary's Academy Charter School | 81.8 | 401 |
| Skidmore-Tynan Elementary School | 72.6 | 368 |
| Hampton-Moreno-Dugat Early Childhood Center | 85 | 293 |
| Skidmore-Tynan High School | 69.9 | 239 |
| Pettus Secondary | 67.5 | 197 |
| Pettus Elementary School | 73.6 | 182 |
| Skidmore-Tynan Junior High School | 69.3 | 179 |
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