Upper East Texas News

Texas High School had the highest enrollment among Bowie County schools, welcoming 1,707 students during the 2021-22 academic year, according to the Texas Education Agency report.

Of all the students welcomed in the 2021-22 school year, 50% of the students were girls, and 50% were boys.

The most represented ethnicity among Texas High School students was Black, accounting for 40% of the student population.

Among the 44 schools in Bowie County, Texas Middle School ranked second in enrollment numbers with 1,403 students, while Pleasant Grove High School welcomed 763 students and ranked third in the 2021-22 school year.

Texas High School is a part of Texarkana ISD, which roughly covers schools within Bowie County with its main office in Texarkana.

In the previous school year, Texas High School also had the highest number of students among Bowie County schools.

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.

School Name	City	Total School Enrollment
Texas High School	Texarkana	1,707
Texas Middle School	Texarkana	1,403
Pleasant Grove High School	Texarkana	763
Nash Elementary School	Nash	659
Liberty-Eylau High School	Texarkana	618
Liberty-Eylau Elementary School	Texarkana	607
Crestview Elementary School	New Boston	591
Wake Village Elementary School	Wake Village	574
Liberty-Eylau Middle School	Texarkana	564
Margaret Fischer Davis Elementary School	Texarkana	548
Pleasant Grove Middle School	Texarkana	545
Maud School	Maud	474
Pleasant Grove Intermediate School	Texarkana	465
Spring Lake Park Elementary School	Texarkana	393
Theron Jones Early Literacy Center	Texarkana	382
Westlawn Elementary School	Texarkana	371
Highland Park Elementary School	Texarkana	361
Liberty-Eylau Early Childhood Center	Texarkana	342
Martha & Josh Morriss Math & Engineering Elementary School	Texarkana	342
Redwater High School	Redwater	341
New Boston High School	New Boston	337
Redwater Elementary School	Redwater	331
Eschool Prep	Texarkana	313
Hooks High School	Hooks	312
Red Lick Elementary School	Texarkana	309
Waggoner Creek Elementary School	Texarkana	304
Dekalb Elementary School	Dekalb	302
Hooks Elementary School	Hooks	297
Paul Laurence Dunbar Early Education Center	Texarkana	282
Hooks Junior High School	Hooks	277
New Boston Middle School	New Boston	270
Dekalb High School	Dekalb	253
Redwater Middle School	Redwater	235
Dekalb Middle School	Dekalb	228
Malta Elementary School	New Boston	208
James Bowie Elementary School	Simms	198
Redwater Junior High School	Redwater	196
Red Lick Middle School	Texarkana	192
James Bowie High School	Simms	158
Premier High School of Texarkana	Lewisville	155
James Bowie Middle School	Simms	117
Leary Elementary School	Hooks	105
Hubbard ISD	Dekalb	69
Options	Texarkana	65