Hill Country Chronicle

Packsaddle Elementary School had the highest enrollment among Llano County schools, welcoming 596 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, 50.3% of them were boys, and 49.7% were girls.

Data also showed that the majority of students were white, representing 54.4% of the Packsaddle Elementary School total enrollment.

Among the five schools in Llano County, Llano High School ranked second in enrollment numbers with 552 students, while Llano Junior High School welcomed 423 students and ranked third in the 2022-23 school year.

Packsaddle Elementary School is a part of Llano ISD, which roughly covers schools within Llano County with its main office in Llano.

In the previous school year, Packsaddle Elementary School also had the highest number of students among Llano 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
Packsaddle Elementary School	Llano	596
Llano High School	Llano	552
Llano Junior High School	Llano	423
Llano Elementary School	Llano	366
Kingsland School	Georgetown	118