Texas Education Commissioner Mike Morath (2024) | onestarfoundation.org
Texas Education Commissioner Mike Morath (2024) | onestarfoundation.org
Data showed that Refugio County welcomed 1,258 students during the 2021-22 school year. Among them, Hispanic comprised 64.8% of the student body to be the most represented ethnicity in the county.
Among the seven schools in Refugio County, Refugio Elementary School recorded the highest enrollment of Hispanic students in the 2021-22 school year, with a total of 218 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Refugio Elementary School | 71.5 | 305 |
| Woodsboro Elementary School | 60.5 | 248 |
| Refugio High School | 68.9 | 219 |
| Woodsboro High School | 54.7 | 190 |
| Refugio Junior High School | 60 | 165 |
| Austwell-Tivoli Elementary School | 63.9 | 72 |
| Austwell-Tivoli High School | 79.7 | 59 |
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