Enrollment at Panola Charter School decreased by 14.2% compared to previous school year

There were 169 students enrolled in Panola Charter School in the 2023-24 school year, 14.2% less than the previous year, according to the Texas Education Agency.

Of all the students welcomed in the 2023-24 school year, 56.8% were girls, and 43.2% were boys.

Data also shows that the majority of students were white, representing 70.4% of the district’s total enrollment.

Panola Charter School roughly covers schools within Panola County with its main office in Carthage.

Among the three schools in Panola Charter School, Texas Early College High School recorded the highest enrollment of 93 students in the 2023-24 school year.

A recent study by WalletHub classified Texas as one of the least-educated states in the U.S., ranking it 41st out of 50 in educational quality and student outcomes.

Underfunding is a frequently cited challenge facing Texas’ school districts. According to a 2024 report from the Texas Education Agency, per-pupil funding has not increased since 2019, despite inflation rates rising by more than 20% since then.

“As a result, many districts in our very own Central Texas region are being forced to cut back on essential programs, services, consider school closures, and adopt deficit budgets just to provide students with the education that they deserve,” Hutto ISD Trustee James Matlock stated in an interview.