Upper East Texas News

There were 584 Black students enrolled in Titus County schools in the 2021-22 school year, 5% less than the previous year, according to the Texas Education Agency.

Data showed that Titus County welcomed 6,990 students during the 2021-22 school year. Among them, Black comprised 8.4% of the student body to be the third most represented ethnicity in the county.

Among the 14 schools in Titus County, Mount Pleasant High School recorded the highest enrollment of Black students in the 2021-22 school year, with a total of 149 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
Mount Pleasant High School	9.9	1,508
Mount Pleasant Junior High School	10	787
Harts Bluff Elementary School	2	696
P. E. Wallace Middle School	10.4	663
Annie Sims Elementary School	7.3	478
Chapel Hill Elementary School	2.8	463
Child Development Center	11.9	461
E. C. Brice Elementary School	11.3	432
Frances Corprew Elementary School	10.4	403
Vivian Fowler Elementary School	16.2	383
Chapel Hill High School	2.1	340
Chapel Hill Junior High School	1.6	243
Harts Bluff Early College High School	0	109
Mount Pleasant DAEP	25	24