West DFW News

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.

School name	% of Black students enrolment	Total enrollment
Greenville High School	16.5	1,425
Greenville Middle School	15.7	778
Wh Ford High School	1.1	739
D. C. Cannon Elementary School	0.4	677
Travis Elementary School	27.8	625
Bowie Elementary School	10.5	598
Caddo Mills High School	3	591
Kathryn Griffis Elementary School	2.6	586
C. B. Thompson Middle School	0.7	583
Lamar Elementary School	14.7	580
A. E. Butler Intermediate School	0.7	578
Caddo Mills Middle School	1.8	542
Frances and Jeannette Lee Elementary School	2.1	513
Carver Elementary School	10	508
Commerce High School	19.5	447
Lone Oak Elementary School	0.7	443
L. P. Waters Early Childhood Center	16.2	382
Commerce Elementary School	27.8	374
Bland Elementary School	0.8	354
Wolfe City Elementary School	3	328
Commerce Middle School	27	326
Lone Oak High School	3.4	323
Albert C. Williams Elementary School	28.8	295
Lone Oak Middle School	3.4	261
Celeste Elementary School	2.1	236
Bland High School	1.3	223
Wolfe City High School	5	219
Boles Elementary School	3.2	190
Bland Middle School	1.6	184
Boles Middle School	2.3	171
Katherine G. Johnson STEM Academy	14	171
Boles High School	3	168
Crockett Elementary School	23.3	159
Campbell High School	0.6	156
Wolfe City Middle School	5.1	156
Celeste High School	2.7	148
Campbell Elementary School	0.7	147
Celeste Junior High School	3	101
New Horizons Learning Center	13.6	81
Greenville Alternative Educational Program	44.4	18