Texas State Board Of Education Chair Keven Ellis (2024) | twitter.com/KevenEllisDC
Texas State Board Of Education Chair Keven Ellis (2024) | twitter.com/KevenEllisDC
Data showed that Franklin County welcomed 1,528 students during the 2021-22 school year. Among them, Black comprised 4.5% of the student body to be the third most represented ethnicity in the county.
Among the three schools in Franklin County, Mt. Vernon Elementary School recorded the highest enrollment of Black students in the 2021-22 school year, with a total of 27 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.
| School name | % of Black students enrolment | Total enrollment |
|---|---|---|
| Mt. Vernon Elementary School | 4.5 | 594 |
| Mt. Vernon High School | 5.2 | 479 |
| Mt. Vernon Middle School | 3.5 | 455 |
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