Texas Education Commissioner Mike Morath (2024) | onestarfoundation.org
Texas Education Commissioner Mike Morath (2024) | onestarfoundation.org
Data showed that Rains County welcomed 1,754 students during the 2022-23 school year. Among them, American Indian students comprised 1.1% of the student body to be the third least represented ethnicity in the county.
Among the four schools in Rains County, Rains High School recorded the highest enrollment of American Indian students in the 2022-23 school year, with a total of nine students.
Education in Texas is often a hot button issue, especially as test scores lag behind other states.
“The problems commonly cited are flaws in the school financing system, relatively low teacher salary, poor test performance by students…dropouts from traditional schools in favor of charter schools…gun violence, and mental health issues," claimed the Texas Almanac.
| School name | % of American Indian students enrolment | Total enrollment |
|---|---|---|
| Rains High School | 1.8 | 507 |
| Rains Elementary School | 1.4 | 437 |
| Rains Junior High School | 0.5 | 425 |
| Rains Intermediate School | 0.8 | 385 |
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