There were 664 students enrolled in Panhandle ISD schools in 2021-22 school year

TX Commissioner of Education Mike Morath 2023 | State Board for Education

By Amarillo Gazette

Dec 8, 2023

There were 664 students enrolled in Panhandle ISD schools in the 2021-22 school year, 0.7% less than the previous year, according to the Texas Education Agency.

Of all the students welcomed in the 2021-22 school year, 52.7% of them were boys, and 47.3% were girls.

Data also shows that the majority of students were white, representing 82.8% of the Panhandle ISD total enrollment.

Panhandle ISD roughly covers schools within Carson County with its main office in Panhandle.

Among the three schools in Panhandle ISD, Panhandle Elementary School recorded the highest enrollment of 314 students 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.

Enrollment in Panhandle ISD Over 3 Years