Texas State Board Of Education Secretary Pat Hardy (2024) | twitter.com/pathardy
Texas State Board Of Education Secretary Pat Hardy (2024) | twitter.com/pathardy
Of all the students welcomed in the 2022-23 school year, 51.6% of them were boys, and 48.4% were girls.
The most represented ethnicity among La Grange Elementary School students was Hispanic, accounting for 44% of the student population.
Among the 11 schools in Fayette County, La Grange High School ranked second in enrollment numbers with 585 students, while Schulenburg Secondary welcomed 411 students and ranked third in the 2022-23 school year.
La Grange Elementary School is a part of La Grange ISD, which roughly covers schools within Fayette County with its main office in La Grange.
In the previous school year, La Grange Elementary School also had the highest number of students among Fayette 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 |
|---|---|---|
| La Grange Elementary School | La Grange | 998 |
| La Grange High School | La Grange | 585 |
| Schulenburg Secondary | Schulenburg | 411 |
| Flatonia Secondary | Flatonia | 350 |
| Fayetteville Schools | Fayetteville | 302 |
| La Grange Middle School | La Grange | 300 |
| Flatonia Elementary School | Flatonia | 297 |
| Schulenburg Elementary School | Schulenburg | 276 |
| Round Top-Carmine Elementary School | Carmine | 142 |
| Round Top-Carmine High School | Carmine | 112 |
| Whispering Hills Achievement Center | Flatonia | 14 |
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