Upper East Texas News

There were 3,675 white students enrolled in Cass County schools in the 2021-22 school year, 0.5% more than the previous year, according to the Texas Education Agency.

Data showed that Cass County welcomed 5,408 students during the 2021-22 school year. Among them, white comprised 68% of the student body to be the most represented ethnicity in the county.

Among the 18 schools in Cass County, Hughes Springs Elementary School recorded the highest enrollment of white students in the 2021-22 school year, with a total of 375 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 white students enrolment	Total enrollment
Atlanta Primary School	54.6	597
Hughes Springs Elementary School	69.3	541
Atlanta High School	52.5	510
Atlanta Elementary School	55.7	427
Atlanta Middle School	52.8	377
J. K. Hileman Elementary School	73.6	364
Linden Elementary School	64.1	334
Hughes Springs High School	77.2	333
Queen City High School	78.1	301
Hughes Springs Junior High School	77.6	272
Morris Upchurch Middle School	74.1	270
Bloomburg School	88.8	241
Linden-Kildare High School	73.2	164
McLeod Elementary School	88.9	153
Mae Luster Stephens Junior High School	61.4	140
Avinger School	69.3	137
McLeod Middle School	91.7	133
McLeod High School	97.4	114