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, 52.7% of them were boys, and 47.3% were girls.
Data also showed that the majority of students were Hispanic, representing 97.6% of the Benito Martinez Elementary School total enrollment.
Among the five schools in Hudspeth County, Sierra Blanca School ranked second in enrollment numbers with 116 students, while Fort Hancock High School welcomed 113 students and ranked third in the 2022-23 school year.
Benito Martinez Elementary School is a part of Ft. Hancock ISD, which roughly covers schools within Hudspeth County with its main office in Ft. Hancock.
In the previous school year, Benito Martinez Elementary School also had the highest number of students among Hudspeth 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.
The Texas education system is currently torn between public schools and taxpayer-funded private schools.
Critics argue that private schools use funds that should go to the public school system, while private school advocates claim they’re offering better education for more Texas students.
| School Name | City | Total School Enrollment |
|---|---|---|
| Benito Martinez Elementary School | Ft. Hancock | 165 |
| Sierra Blanca School | Sierra Blanca | 116 |
| Fort Hancock High School | Ft. Hancock | 113 |
| Fort Hancock Middle School | Ft. Hancock | 99 |
| Dell City School | Dell City | 61 |
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