Upper East Texas News

Texarkana ISD had the highest enrollment among Bowie County districts, welcoming 7,156 students during the 2021-22 academic year, according to the Texas Education Agency report.

Out of the total students welcomed in the 2021-22 school year, 50.3% of the students were girls, and 49.7% were boys.

The most represented ethnicity among Texarkana ISD students was Black, accounting for 44.7% of the student population.

Among the 14 districts in Bowie County, Premier High Schools ranked second in enrollment numbers with 6,834 students, while Pleasant Grove ISD welcomed 2,321 students and ranked third in the 2021-22 school year.

Texarkana ISD generally encompasses schools within Bowie County with its main office in Texarkana.

In the previous school year, Texarkana ISD had the highest number of students among Bowie County districts.

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.

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.

District	City (Main Office)	Total enrollment
Texarkana ISD	Texarkana	7,156
Premier High Schools	Lewisville	6,834
Pleasant Grove ISD	Texarkana	2,321
Liberty-Eylau ISD	Texarkana	2,131
New Boston ISD	New Boston	1,198
Redwater ISD	Redwater	1,103
Hooks ISD	Hooks	886
Dekalb ISD		783
Red Lick ISD	Texarkana	501
Maud ISD	Maud	474
Simms ISD		473
Malta ISD	New Boston	208
Leary ISD	Hooks	105
Hubbard ISD		69