Texas Education Commissioner Mike Morath (2024) | onestarfoundation.org
Texas Education Commissioner Mike Morath (2024) | onestarfoundation.org
Of all the students welcomed in the 2022-23 school year, 51.7% of them were boys, and 48.3% were girls.
Data also shows that the majority of students were white, representing 58.6% of the Ponder ISD total enrollment.
Ponder ISD roughly covers schools within Denton County with its main office in Ponder.
Among the three schools in Ponder ISD, Ponder Elementary School recorded the highest enrollment of 754 students in the 2022-23 school year.
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 | Total Enrollment |
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Ponder Elementary School | 754 |
Ponder High School | 505 |
Ponder Junior High School | 381 |