Upper East Texas News

There were 8,699 white students enrolled in Bowie County schools in the 2021-22 school year, 3.1% less than the previous year, according to the Texas Education Agency.

Data showed that Bowie County welcomed 17,408 students during the 2021-22 school year. Among them, white comprised 50% of the student body to be the most represented ethnicity in the county.

Among the 43 schools in Bowie County, Texas High School recorded the highest enrollment of white students in the 2021-22 school year, with a total of 616 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	% of white students enrolment	Total enrollment
Texas High School	36.1	1,707
Texas Middle School	31.5	1,403
Pleasant Grove High School	71.8	763
Nash Elementary School	31.4	659
Liberty-Eylau High School	30.1	618
Liberty-Eylau Elementary School	25.5	607
Crestview Elementary School	53.3	591
Wake Village Elementary School	35.5	574
Liberty-Eylau Middle School	27.1	564
Margaret Fischer Davis Elementary School	69	548
Pleasant Grove Middle School	65.1	545
Maud School	82.3	474
Pleasant Grove Intermediate School	67.7	465
Spring Lake Park Elementary School	17.3	393
Theron Jones Early Literacy Center	6	382
Westlawn Elementary School	6.7	371
Highland Park Elementary School	8.3	361
Liberty-Eylau Early Childhood Center	28.7	342
Martha & Josh Morriss Math & Engineering Elementary School	68.4	342
Redwater High School	91.2	341
New Boston High School	55.2	337
Redwater Elementary School	88.8	331
Eschool Prep	42.8	313
Hooks High School	71.2	312
Red Lick Elementary School	91.3	309
Waggoner Creek Elementary School	59.9	304
Dekalb Elementary School	61.9	302
Hooks Elementary School	64.6	297
Paul Laurence Dunbar Early Education Center	2.8	282
Hooks Junior High School	71.5	277
New Boston Middle School	58.9	270
Dekalb High School	59.7	253
Redwater Middle School	87.7	235
Dekalb Middle School	58.3	228
Malta Elementary School	85.6	208
James Bowie Elementary School	90.9	198
Redwater Junior High School	88.3	196
Red Lick Middle School	91.1	192
James Bowie High School	90.5	158
James Bowie Middle School	92.3	117
Leary Elementary School	74.3	105
Hubbard ISD	75.4	69
Options	38.5	65