Far West Texas News

Alpine Elementary School had the highest enrollment among Brewster County schools, welcoming 377 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, 52.5% of them were boys, and 47.5% were girls.

Data also showed that the majority of students were Hispanic, representing 59.7% of the Alpine Elementary School total enrollment.

Among the six schools in Brewster County, Alpine High School ranked second in enrollment numbers with 308 students, while Alpine Middle School welcomed 269 students and ranked third in the 2022-23 school year.

Alpine Elementary School is a part of Alpine ISD, which roughly covers schools within Brewster County with its main office in Alpine.

In the previous school year, Alpine Elementary School also had the highest number of students among Brewster 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
Alpine Elementary School	Alpine	377
Alpine High School	Alpine	308
Alpine Middle School	Alpine	269
Big Bend High School	Terlingua	122
Marathon Independent School District	Marathon	59
San Vicente Elementary School	Big Bend National Park	9