Texas State Board Of Education Chair Keven Ellis (2024) | twitter.com/KevenEllisDC
Texas State Board Of Education Chair Keven Ellis (2024) | twitter.com/KevenEllisDC
Data showed that Pecos County welcomed 2,766 students during the 2022-23 school year. Among them, American Indian students comprised 0.2% of the student body to be the second least represented ethnicity in the county.
Among the nine schools in Pecos County, Fort Stockton Middle School recorded the highest enrollment of American Indian students in the 2022-23 school year, with a total of three students.
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 | % of American Indian students enrolment | Total enrollment |
|---|---|---|
| Fort Stockton High School | 0.3 | 698 |
| Fort Stockton Middle School | 0.6 | 515 |
| Fort Stockton Apache Elementary School | 0 | 333 |
| Fort Stockton Alamo Elementary School | 0 | 324 |
| Fort Stockton Intermediate School | 0.3 | 310 |
| Buena Vista School | 0 | 251 |
| Iraan Elementary School | 0 | 158 |
| Iraan High School | 0 | 100 |
| Iraan Junior High School | 0 | 77 |
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