Texas State Board Of Education Secretary Pat Hardy (2024) | twitter.com/pathardy
Texas State Board Of Education Secretary Pat Hardy (2024) | twitter.com/pathardy
Of all the students welcomed in the 2022-23 school year, 50.4% of the students were girls, and 49.6% were boys.
The most represented ethnicity among Lone Star Online Academy students was Hispanic, accounting for 44.5% of the student population.
Among the 12 schools in Nolan County, Sweetwater High School ranked second in enrollment numbers with 545 students, while Sweetwater Middle School welcomed 431 students and ranked third in the 2022-23 school year.
Lone Star Online Academy is a part of Pineywoods Community Academy, which roughly covers schools within Nolan County with its main office in Lufkin.
In the previous school year, Lone Star Online Academy also had the highest number of students among Nolan County schools.
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.
The Texas education system is currently torn between public schools and taxpayer-funded private schools.
Critics argue that private schools use funds that should go to the public school system, while private school advocates claim they’re offering better education for more Texas students.
School Name | City | Total School Enrollment |
---|---|---|
Lone Star Online Academy | Lufkin | 5,581 |
Sweetwater High School | Sweetwater | 545 |
Sweetwater Middle School | Sweetwater | 431 |
Sweetwater Intermediate School | Sweetwater | 389 |
Roscoe Collegiate High School | Roscoe | 315 |
Southeast Elementary School | Sweetwater | 265 |
East Ridge Elementary School | Sweetwater | 238 |
Highland School | Roscoe | 226 |
Roscoe Elementary School | Roscoe | 203 |
Blackwell School | Blackwell | 152 |
Roscoe Collegiate Montessori Early Childhood | Roscoe | 92 |
Southeast Early Childhood Center | Sweetwater | 74 |
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