Amarillo Gazette

There were 531 white students enrolled in Panhandle ISD schools in the 2022-23 school year, 3.5% less than the previous year, according to the Texas Education Agency.

Data showed that Panhandle ISD schools welcomed 657 students during the 2022-23 school year. Among them, white students comprised 80.8% of the student body to be one of the most represented ethnicities in the district.

Panhandle ISD roughly covers schools within Carson County and has a main office in Panhandle.

Among the three schools in Panhandle ISD schools, Panhandle Elementary School recorded the highest enrollment of white students in the 2022-23 school year, with a total of 256 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.

Year	Total District Enrollment	Total of White Students	White students %
2022-23	657	531	80.8%
2021-22	664	550	82.8%
2020-21	669	585	87.4%
2019-20	669	599	89.5%