Hill Country Chronicle

There were 253 Hispanic students enrolled in Mills County schools in the 2021-22 school year, 3.1% less than the previous year, according to the Texas Education Agency.

Data showed that Mills County welcomed 852 students during the 2021-22 school year. Among them, Hispanic comprised 29.7% of the student body to be the second most represented ethnicity in the county.

Among the eight schools in Mills County, Goldthwaite Elementary School recorded the highest enrollment of Hispanic students in the 2021-22 school year, with a total of 77 students.

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.

School name	% of Hispanic students enrolment	Total enrollment
Goldthwaite Elementary School	33	233
Goldthwaite High School	25.3	186
Priddy School	23.4	124
Goldthwaite Middle School	28.9	114
Mullin Main	24.7	97
Pecan Ridge High School	49	49
Mullin Oaks	42.5	40
Parkview School - Levelland	22.2	9