Upper East Texas News

There were 172 Asian students enrolled in Bowie County schools in the 2022-23 school year, 4.4% 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, Asian students comprised 1% of the student body to be the third least represented ethnicity in the county.

Among the 44 schools in Bowie County, Texas High School recorded the highest enrollment of Asian students in the 2022-23 school year, with a total of 26 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
Texas High School	1.5	1,719
Texas Middle School	0.8	1,413
Pleasant Grove High School	2.6	796
Nash Elementary School	0.4	677
Crestview Elementary School	0.3	584
Wake Village Elementary School	1	579
Liberty-Eylau Elementary School	0	575
Liberty-Eylau Middle School	0	573
Liberty-Eylau High School	0	532
Margaret Fischer Davis Elementary School	2.3	530
Pleasant Grove Middle School	3.2	501
Pleasant Grove Intermediate School	2.9	483
Maud School	0	476
Spring Lake Park Elementary School	1.5	408
Theron Jones Early Literacy Center	0	386
Highland Park Elementary School	0	364
Martha & Josh Morriss Math & Engineering Elementary School	5.6	358
Westlawn Elementary School	0.3	346
Redwater High School	0.9	339
Waggoner Creek Elementary School	3	338
Liberty-Eylau Early Childhood Center	0	323
Dekalb Elementary School	0.6	321
New Boston High School	0	321
Hooks High School	0.3	319
Hooks Elementary School	0	317
Redwater Elementary School	0.6	313
Red Lick Elementary School	0	306
Paul Laurence Dunbar Early Education Center	0	296
Hooks Junior High School	0.7	284
Dekalb High School	0.4	272
New Boston Middle School	0.4	249
Dekalb Middle School	0.9	235
Redwater Middle School	0	227
Eschool Prep	0.9	227
Red Lick Middle School	1.8	221
Malta Elementary School	0	220
James Bowie Elementary School	0.5	212
Redwater Junior High School	0	180
Premier High School of Texarkana	0	142
James Bowie High School	1.4	140
James Bowie Middle School	0	132
Leary Elementary School	0	93
Hubbard ISD	0	77
Options	0	69