Upper East Texas News

There were 45 Asian students enrolled in Titus County schools in the 2022-23 school year, 11.8% less 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, Asian students comprised 0.6% 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 2022-23 school year, with a total of 12 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	0.8	1,521
Mount Pleasant Junior High School	0.3	760
Harts Bluff Elementary School	0.7	690
P. E. Wallace Middle School	0.5	658
Annie Sims Elementary School	0.6	493
Chapel Hill Elementary School	0.8	483
E. C. Brice Elementary School	1.3	460
Child Development Center	0	452
Vivian Fowler Elementary School	0.2	404
Frances Corprew Elementary School	0.7	402
Chapel Hill High School	0.6	342
Chapel Hill Junior High School	0.8	236
Harts Bluff Early College High School	1.1	178
Mount Pleasant DAEP	0	36