Upper East Texas News

Texas High School had the highest enrollment among Bowie County schools, welcoming 1,719 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, 51.1% of them were boys, and 48.9% were girls.

The most represented ethnicity among Texas High School students was Black, accounting for 40.1% of the student population.

Among the 44 schools in Bowie County, Texas Middle School ranked second in enrollment numbers with 1,413 students, while Pleasant Grove High School welcomed 796 students and ranked third in the 2022-23 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.

The Texas education system is currently torn between public schools and taxpayer-funded private schools.

Critics argue that private schools use funds that should go to the public school system, while private school advocates claim they’re offering better education for more Texas students.

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	1,719
Texas Middle School	Texarkana	1,413
Pleasant Grove High School	Texarkana	796
Nash Elementary School	Texarkana	677
Crestview Elementary School	New Boston	584
Wake Village Elementary School	Texarkana	579
Liberty-Eylau Elementary School	Texarkana	575
Liberty-Eylau Middle School	Texarkana	573
Liberty-Eylau High School	Texarkana	532
Margaret Fischer Davis Elementary School	Texarkana	530
Pleasant Grove Middle School	Texarkana	501
Pleasant Grove Intermediate School	Texarkana	483
Maud School	Maud	476
Spring Lake Park Elementary School	Texarkana	408
Theron Jones Early Literacy Center	Texarkana	386
Highland Park Elementary School	Texarkana	364
Martha & Josh Morriss Math & Engineering Elementary School	Texarkana	358
Westlawn Elementary School	Texarkana	346
Redwater High School	Redwater	339
Waggoner Creek Elementary School	Texarkana	338
Liberty-Eylau Early Childhood Center	Texarkana	323
New Boston High School	New Boston	321
Dekalb Elementary School	Dekalb	321
Hooks High School	Hooks	319
Hooks Elementary School	Hooks	317
Redwater Elementary School	Redwater	313
Red Lick Elementary School	Texarkana	306
Paul Laurence Dunbar Early Education Center	Texarkana	296
Hooks Junior High School	Hooks	284
Dekalb High School	Dekalb	272
New Boston Middle School	New Boston	249
Dekalb Middle School	Dekalb	235
Eschool Prep	Texarkana	227
Redwater Middle School	Redwater	227
Red Lick Middle School	Texarkana	221
Malta Elementary School	New Boston	220
James Bowie Elementary School	Simms	212
Redwater Junior High School	Redwater	180
Premier High School of Texarkana	Lewisville	142
James Bowie High School	Simms	140
James Bowie Middle School	Simms	132
Leary Elementary School	Hooks	93
Hubbard ISD	Dekalb	77
Options	Texarkana	69