Upper East Texas News

There were 5,340 Black students enrolled in Bowie County schools in the 2021-22 school year, 0.8% 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, Black comprised 30.7% of the student body to be the second most represented ethnicity in the county.

Among the 43 schools in Bowie County, Texas High School recorded the highest enrollment of Black students in the 2021-22 school year, with a total of 683 students.

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.

School name	% of Black students enrolment	Total enrollment
Texas High School	40	1,707
Texas Middle School	46.5	1,403
Pleasant Grove High School	15.5	763
Nash Elementary School	29.4	659
Liberty-Eylau High School	58.6	618
Liberty-Eylau Elementary School	54.7	607
Crestview Elementary School	23.2	591
Wake Village Elementary School	40.4	574
Liberty-Eylau Middle School	59.9	564
Margaret Fischer Davis Elementary School	12.4	548
Pleasant Grove Middle School	16.1	545
Maud School	4.9	474
Pleasant Grove Intermediate School	14.8	465
Spring Lake Park Elementary School	66.2	393
Theron Jones Early Literacy Center	81.4	382
Westlawn Elementary School	79.2	371
Highland Park Elementary School	43.8	361
Liberty-Eylau Early Childhood Center	55	342
Martha & Josh Morriss Math & Engineering Elementary School	14.6	342
Redwater High School	2.9	341
New Boston High School	22	337
Redwater Elementary School	1.5	331
Eschool Prep	14.1	313
Hooks High School	10.9	312
Red Lick Elementary School	1.6	309
Waggoner Creek Elementary School	21.7	304
Dekalb Elementary School	16.9	302
Hooks Elementary School	10.4	297
Paul Laurence Dunbar Early Education Center	81.6	282
Hooks Junior High School	12.3	277
New Boston Middle School	20.4	270
Dekalb High School	18.6	253
Redwater Middle School	4.3	235
Dekalb Middle School	15.8	228
Malta Elementary School	3.4	208
James Bowie Elementary School	0	198
Redwater Junior High School	2.6	196
Red Lick Middle School	2.1	192
James Bowie High School	0	158
James Bowie Middle School	0.9	117
Leary Elementary School	5.7	105
Hubbard ISD	0	69
Options	41.5	65