Upper East Texas News

There were 326 African American students enrolled in Pleasant Grove ISD schools in the 2022-23 school year, 5% less than the previous year, according to the Texas Education Agency.

Data showed that Pleasant Grove ISD schools welcomed 2,310 students during the 2022-23 school year. Among them, African American students comprised 14.1% of the student body to be one of the most represented ethnicities in the district.

Pleasant Grove ISD roughly covers schools within Bowie County and has a main office in Texarkana.

Among the four schools in Pleasant Grove ISD schools, Pleasant Grove High School recorded the highest enrollment of African American students in the 2022-23 school year, with a total of 114 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.

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.

Year	Total District Enrollment	Total of African American Students	African American students %
2022-23	2,310	326	14.1%
2021-22	2,321	343	14.8%
2020-21	2,233	344	15.4%
2019-20	2,218	351	15.8%