West DFW News

There were 1,800 Black students enrolled in Hunt County schools in the 2022-23 school year, 9.6% more than the previous year, according to the Texas Education Agency.

Data showed that Hunt County welcomed 19,080 students during the 2022-23 school year. Among them, Black students comprised 9.4% of the student body to be the third most represented ethnicity in the county.

Among the 42 schools in Hunt County, Royse City High School recorded the highest enrollment of Black students in the 2022-23 school year, with a total of 327 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.

Underfunding is a frequently cited challenge facing the state's school districts. 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 said.

School name	% of Black students enrolment	Total enrollment
Royse City High School	12.9	2,526
Greenville High School	15.2	1,480
Wh Ford High School	0.5	786
D. C. Cannon Elementary School	1.3	765
Greenville Middle School	16.6	727
Caddo Mills High School	3.4	681
Pioneer Technology (PTAA) Greenville	5.9	658
Travis Elementary School	26.4	655
C. B. Thompson Middle School	1.3	628
Bowie Elementary School	9.2	609
A. E. Butler Intermediate School	0.7	605
Frances and Jeannette Lee Elementary School	3.7	571
Kathryn Griffis Elementary School	4.6	568
Lamar Elementary School	13.4	554
Carver Elementary School	10.1	524
Lone Oak Elementary School	1	489
Commerce High School	21.5	465
Caddo Mills Middle School	3.6	416
L. P. Waters Early Childhood Center	17.2	406
Commerce Elementary School	24.5	400
Bland Elementary School	0.8	374
Wolfe City Elementary School	3.2	347
Lone Oak High School	1.8	340
Commerce Middle School	28.7	331
Albert C. Williams Elementary School	27.1	321
Celeste Elementary School	2	254
Lone Oak Middle School	3.1	254
Crockett Elementary School	19.4	227
Wolfe City High School	3.6	221
Bland High School	0.9	217
Boles Elementary School	1.1	187
Boles High School	3.2	185
Bland Middle School	2.2	182
Boles Middle School	3.4	175
Celeste High School	1.8	163
Wolfe City Middle School	2.6	152
Campbell High School	1.3	149
Campbell Elementary School	3.4	146
Katherine G. Johnson STEM Academy	17.2	128
Celeste Junior High School	2	102
New Horizons Learning Center	12.1	91
Greenville Alternative Educational Program	57.1	21