Upper East Texas News

There were 51 Asian students enrolled in Titus County schools in the 2021-22 school year, 5.6% 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, Asian comprised 0.7% of the student body to be the third least represented ethnicity in the county.

Among the 14 schools in Titus County, Mount Pleasant High School recorded the highest enrollment of Asian students in the 2021-22 school year, with a total of 14 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 Asian students enrolment	Total enrollment
Mount Pleasant High School	0.9	1,508
Mount Pleasant Junior High School	0.3	787
Harts Bluff Elementary School	1	696
P. E. Wallace Middle School	0.5	663
Annie Sims Elementary School	0.6	478
Chapel Hill Elementary School	1.3	463
Child Development Center	0.4	461
E. C. Brice Elementary School	1.4	432
Frances Corprew Elementary School	0.5	403
Vivian Fowler Elementary School	0.3	383
Chapel Hill High School	0.9	340
Chapel Hill Junior High School	0.8	243
Harts Bluff Early College High School	0	109
Mount Pleasant DAEP	0	24