Upper East Texas News

There were 8,646 white students enrolled in Bowie County schools in the 2022-23 school year, 1.6% less than the previous year, according to the Texas Education Agency.

Data showed that Bowie County welcomed 17,473 students during the 2022-23 school year. Among them, white students comprised 49.5% of the student body to be the most represented ethnicity in the county.

Among the 44 schools in Bowie County, Texas High School recorded the highest enrollment of white students in the 2022-23 school year, with a total of 608 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 white students enrolment	Total enrollment
Texas High School	35.4	1,719
Texas Middle School	29.9	1,413
Pleasant Grove High School	72.5	796
Nash Elementary School	31.5	677
Crestview Elementary School	52.7	584
Wake Village Elementary School	30.6	579
Liberty-Eylau Elementary School	27.8	575
Liberty-Eylau Middle School	24.4	573
Liberty-Eylau High School	28.8	532
Margaret Fischer Davis Elementary School	67.4	530
Pleasant Grove Middle School	65.5	501
Pleasant Grove Intermediate School	68.9	483
Maud School	81.3	476
Spring Lake Park Elementary School	15.9	408
Theron Jones Early Literacy Center	3.4	386
Highland Park Elementary School	9.3	364
Martha & Josh Morriss Math & Engineering Elementary School	67.9	358
Westlawn Elementary School	6.4	346
Redwater High School	89.7	339
Waggoner Creek Elementary School	59.5	338
Liberty-Eylau Early Childhood Center	26.9	323
Dekalb Elementary School	61.1	321
New Boston High School	56.1	321
Hooks High School	69	319
Hooks Elementary School	67.8	317
Redwater Elementary School	88.8	313
Red Lick Elementary School	88.6	306
Paul Laurence Dunbar Early Education Center	5.1	296
Hooks Junior High School	66.5	284
Dekalb High School	56.6	272
New Boston Middle School	57.4	249
Dekalb Middle School	60.9	235
Redwater Middle School	82.4	227
Eschool Prep	45.4	227
Red Lick Middle School	89.1	221
Malta Elementary School	86.4	220
James Bowie Elementary School	91.5	212
Redwater Junior High School	91.7	180
Premier High School of Texarkana	43	142
James Bowie High School	90.7	140
James Bowie Middle School	93.2	132
Leary Elementary School	82.8	93
Hubbard ISD	77.9	77
Options	37.7	69