Hill Country Chronicle

There were eight Multiracial students enrolled in Mills County schools in the 2021-22 school year, 27.3% 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, Multiracial comprised 0.9% of the student body to be the second least represented ethnicity in the county.

Among the eight schools in Mills County, only Pecan Ridge High School and Priddy School enrolled any Multiracial students, welcoming two students each in the 2021-22 school year.

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 multi-racial students enrolment	Total enrollment
Goldthwaite Elementary School	0.4	233
Goldthwaite High School	0	186
Priddy School	1.6	124
Goldthwaite Middle School	0	114
Mullin Main	1	97
Pecan Ridge High School	4.1	49
Mullin Oaks	2.5	40
Parkview School - Levelland	11.1	9