Texas Education Commissioner Mike Morath (2024) | onestarfoundation.org
Texas Education Commissioner Mike Morath (2024) | onestarfoundation.org
Data showed that Young County welcomed 3,207 students during the 2021-22 school year. Among them, Black comprised 1.3% of the student body to be the fourth least represented ethnicity in the county.
Among the eight schools in Young County, Graham Elementary School recorded the highest enrollment of Black students in the 2021-22 school year, with a total of 17 students.
Texas is found to be one of the least educated states in the U.S. A study from WalletHub ranked Texas 41st out of 50 states in terms of the quality of the educational system and how successful students were.
More than 5.4 million students are enrolled in public schools across Texas. Nearly one million of them live in rural areas where options for local public schools are few and far between.
| School name | % of Black students enrolment | Total enrollment |
|---|---|---|
| Graham Elementary School | 1.6 | 1,071 |
| Graham High School | 0.9 | 665 |
| Graham Junior High School | 1.1 | 554 |
| Olney Elementary School | 1.5 | 335 |
| Newcastle School | 0 | 212 |
| Olney High School | 2 | 202 |
| Olney Junior High School | 2.5 | 161 |
| Graham Learning Center | 0 | 7 |
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