Upper East Texas News

There were 603 Black students enrolled in Titus County schools in the 2022-23 school year, 3.3% more than the previous year, according to the Texas Education Agency.

Data showed that Titus County welcomed 7,115 students during the 2022-23 school year. Among them, Black students comprised 8.5% 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 2022-23 school year, with a total of 146 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
Mount Pleasant High School	9.6	1,521
Mount Pleasant Junior High School	10.7	760
Harts Bluff Elementary School	1.6	690
P. E. Wallace Middle School	11.4	658
Annie Sims Elementary School	7.1	493
Chapel Hill Elementary School	2.9	483
E. C. Brice Elementary School	11.1	460
Child Development Center	13.3	452
Vivian Fowler Elementary School	16.8	404
Frances Corprew Elementary School	11.4	402
Chapel Hill High School	2	342
Chapel Hill Junior High School	2.5	236
Harts Bluff Early College High School	0.6	178
Mount Pleasant DAEP	5.6	36