Texas Education Commissioner Mike Morath (2024) | onestarfoundation.org
Texas Education Commissioner Mike Morath (2024) | onestarfoundation.org
Data showed that Gillespie County welcomed 3,705 students during the 2021-22 school year. Among them, Hispanic comprised 45.2% of the student body to be the second most represented ethnicity in the county.
Among the 10 schools in Gillespie County, Fredericksburg High School recorded the highest enrollment of Hispanic students in the 2021-22 school year, with a total of 448 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Fredericksburg High School | 44.1 | 1,017 |
| Fredericksburg Elementary School | 53.4 | 766 |
| Fredericksburg Middle School | 55.1 | 677 |
| Fredericksburg Primary School | 58.3 | 539 |
| Harper Elementary School | 20.7 | 208 |
| Harper High School | 12.4 | 186 |
| Harper Middle School | 13.9 | 166 |
| Stonewall Elementary School | 20 | 105 |
| Doss Elementary School | 50 | 24 |
| Alter School | 58.8 | 17 |
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