Upper East Texas News

Aikin Elementary School had the highest enrollment among Lamar County schools, welcoming 937 students during the 2022-23 academic year, according to the Texas Education Agency report.

Of all the students welcomed in the 2022-23 school year, 50.6% of the students were girls, and 49.4% were boys.

The most represented ethnicity among Aikin Elementary School students was white, accounting for 41% of the student population.

Among the 21 schools in Lamar County, Paris High School ranked second in enrollment numbers with 934 students, while North Lamar High School welcomed 727 students and ranked third in the 2022-23 school year.

Aikin Elementary School is a part of Paris ISD, which roughly covers schools within Lamar County with its main office in Paris.

In the previous school year, Paris High School had the highest number of students among Lamar 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
Aikin Elementary School	Paris	937
Paris High School	Paris	934
North Lamar High School	Paris	727
Chisum Elementary School	Paris	593
Crockett Intermediate School	Paris	560
Justiss Elementary School	Paris	552
Frank Stone Middle School	Paris	528
Paris Junior High School	Paris	522
Blossom Elementary School	Pattonville	418
W. L. Higgins Elementary School	Paris	351
Chisum High School	Paris	322
Bailey Intermediate School	Paris	300
Prairiland High School	Pattonville	292
Cecil Everett Elementary School	Paris	279
Aaron Parker Elementary School	Paris	265
Chisum Middle School	Paris	264
Prairiland Junior High School	Pattonville	248
Lamar County Head Start	Paris	205
Deport Elementary School	Pattonville	141
Givens Early Childhood Center	Paris	103
Travis High School of Choice	Paris	43