Texas Education Commissioner Mike Morath (2024) | onestarfoundation.org
Texas Education Commissioner Mike Morath (2024) | onestarfoundation.org
Data showed that Hopkins County welcomed 6,756 students during the 2021-22 school year. Among them, Black comprised 6.9% of the student body to be the third most represented ethnicity in the county.
Among the 16 schools in Hopkins County, Sulphur Springs High School recorded the highest enrollment of Black students in the 2021-22 school year, with a total of 136 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 Black students enrolment | Total enrollment |
|---|---|---|
| Sulphur Springs High School | 11.1 | 1,221 |
| Sulphur Springs Middle School | 8.3 | 1,017 |
| Como-Pickton School | 1.5 | 725 |
| Sulphur Springs Elementary School | 10.1 | 621 |
| Barbara Bush Primary School | 7.1 | 336 |
| Bowie Primary School | 7.6 | 317 |
| North Hopkins Elementary School | 0.3 | 306 |
| Rowena Johnson Primary School | 17.9 | 301 |
| Miller Grove School | 0 | 299 |
| Travis Primary School | 1.5 | 272 |
| Saltillo School | 3.7 | 244 |
| Douglass Eclc | 19.1 | 230 |
| North Hopkins High School | 0 | 229 |
| Cumby High School | 2.2 | 223 |
| Cumby Elementary School | 0 | 212 |
| Sulphur Bluff ISD | 2.5 | 203 |
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