Texas State Board Of Education Vice Chair Pam Little (2024) | pamlittle.com
Texas State Board Of Education Vice Chair Pam Little (2024) | pamlittle.com
Data showed that Delta County welcomed 971 students during the 2022-23 school year. Among them, Black students comprised 10.3% of the student body to be the third most represented ethnicity in the county.
Among the four schools in Delta County, Cooper Elementary School recorded the highest enrollment of Black students in the 2022-23 school year, with a total of 33 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Cooper Elementary School | 7.1 | 467 |
| Cooper High School | 9.1 | 242 |
| Cooper Junior High School | 7.3 | 179 |
| Fannindel Elementary School | 38.6 | 83 |
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