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Hunt County Education: 1,399 Black students were enrolled in schools in 2021-22 school year

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Texas State Board Of Education Chair Keven Ellis (2024) | twitter.com/KevenEllisDC

Texas State Board Of Education Chair Keven Ellis (2024) | twitter.com/KevenEllisDC

There were 1,399 Black students enrolled in Hunt County schools in the 2021-22 school year, 4.1% more than the previous year, according to the Texas Education Agency.

Data showed that Hunt County welcomed 15,384 students during the 2021-22 school year. Among them, Black comprised 9.1% of the student body to be the third most represented ethnicity in the county.

Among the 40 schools in Hunt County, Greenville High School recorded the highest enrollment of Black students in the 2021-22 school year, with a total of 235 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.

Ethnicities in Hunt County in 2021-22 School Year

White [52.3%]Black [9.1%]Hispanic [33.2%]Ethnicities <5% [5.5%]
Enrollment Demographics in Hunt County Schools During 2021-22 School Year

School name% of Black students enrolmentTotal enrollment
Greenville High School16.51,425
Greenville Middle School15.7778
Wh Ford High School1.1739
D. C. Cannon Elementary School0.4677
Travis Elementary School27.8625
Bowie Elementary School10.5598
Caddo Mills High School3591
Kathryn Griffis Elementary School2.6586
C. B. Thompson Middle School0.7583
Lamar Elementary School14.7580
A. E. Butler Intermediate School0.7578
Caddo Mills Middle School1.8542
Frances and Jeannette Lee Elementary School2.1513
Carver Elementary School10508
Commerce High School19.5447
Lone Oak Elementary School0.7443
L. P. Waters Early Childhood Center16.2382
Commerce Elementary School27.8374
Bland Elementary School0.8354
Wolfe City Elementary School3328
Commerce Middle School27326
Lone Oak High School3.4323
Albert C. Williams Elementary School28.8295
Lone Oak Middle School3.4261
Celeste Elementary School2.1236
Bland High School1.3223
Wolfe City High School5219
Boles Elementary School3.2190
Bland Middle School1.6184
Boles Middle School2.3171
Katherine G. Johnson STEM Academy14171
Boles High School3168
Crockett Elementary School23.3159
Campbell High School0.6156
Wolfe City Middle School5.1156
Celeste High School2.7148
Campbell Elementary School0.7147
Celeste Junior High School3101
New Horizons Learning Center13.681
Greenville Alternative Educational Program44.418

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