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, 52.6% of the students were girls, and 47.4% were boys.
Data also showed that the majority of students were white, representing 67.8% of the Irion Elementary School total enrollment.
Among the two schools in Irion County, Irion High School ranked second in enrollment numbers with 122 students in the 2022-23 school year.
Irion Elementary School is a part of Irion County ISD, which roughly covers schools within Irion County with its main office in Mertzon.
In the previous school year, Irion Elementary School also had the highest number of students among Irion 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Irion Elementary School | Mertzon | 211 |
| Irion High School | Mertzon | 122 |
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