Hill Country Chronicle

Rocksprings K-12 had the highest enrollment among Edwards County schools, welcoming 237 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, 54% of them were boys, and 46% were girls.

Data also showed that the majority of students were Hispanic, representing 81% of the Rocksprings K-12 total enrollment.

Among the two schools in Edwards County, Nueces Canyon Junior High/High School ranked second in enrollment numbers with 104 students in the 2022-23 school year.

Rocksprings K-12 is a part of Rocksprings ISD, which roughly covers schools within Edwards County with its main office in Rocksprings.

In the previous school year, Rocksprings K-12 also had the highest number of students among Edwards 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
Rocksprings K-12	Rocksprings	237
Nueces Canyon Junior High/High School	Barksdale	104