Hill Country Chronicle

Tivy High School had the highest enrollment among Kerr County schools, welcoming 1,468 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, 53.3% of them were boys, and 46.7% were girls.

Data also showed that the majority of students were white, representing 50.5% of the Tivy High School total enrollment.

Among the 18 schools in Kerr County, Peterson Middle School ranked second in enrollment numbers with 1,075 students, while Ingram Elementary School welcomed 569 students and ranked third in the 2022-23 school year.

Tivy High School is a part of Kerrville ISD, which roughly covers schools within Kerr County with its main office in Kerrville.

In the previous school year, Tivy High School also had the highest number of students among Kerr 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
Tivy High School	Kerrville	1,468
Peterson Middle School	Kerrville	1,075
Ingram Elementary School	Ingram	569
Nimitz Elementary School	Kerrville	554
Daniels Elementary School	Kerrville	548
Fred High Tally Elementary School	Kerrville	544
Starkey Elementary School	Kerrville	467
Ingram Tom Moore High School	Ingram	392
Ingram Middle School	Ingram	279
Center Point Elementary	Center Point	265
Hunt School	Hunt	202
Early Childhood Center	Kerrville	180
Center Point High School	Center Point	175
Center Point Middle	Center Point	109
Hill Country Youth Ranch	Leaky	76
Hill Country High School	Kerrville	42
Divide Elementary School	Mountain Home	37
Pathways 3H Campus	Austin	13