Texas Education Commissioner Mike Morath (2024) | onestarfoundation.org
Texas Education Commissioner Mike Morath (2024) | onestarfoundation.org
Data showed that Wilbarger County welcomed 2,197 students during the 2021-22 school year. Among them, Black comprised 5.8% of the student body to be the fourth least represented ethnicity in the county.
Among the seven schools in Wilbarger County, Shive Elementary School recorded the highest enrollment of Black students in the 2021-22 school year, with a total of 36 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Shive Elementary School | 6.5 | 555 |
| Vernon High School | 6.9 | 505 |
| Vernon Middle School | 6 | 418 |
| T. G. McCord Elementary School | 6.4 | 359 |
| Northside School | 2.1 | 236 |
| Harrold School | 1 | 105 |
| North Texas State Hospital - Afp - Vernon | 15.8 | 19 |
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