Texas Education Commissioner Mike Morath (2024) | onestarfoundation.org
Texas Education Commissioner Mike Morath (2024) | onestarfoundation.org
Data showed that Montague County welcomed 2,989 students during the 2022-23 school year.
Among the 12 schools in Montague County, only Bowie Junior High School and Nocona Elementary School enrolled any Black students, welcoming four students each in the 2022-23 school year.
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.
Underfunding is a frequently cited challenge facing the state's school districts. Per-pupil funding has not increased since 2019, despite inflation rates rising by more than 20% since then.
“As a result, many districts in our very own Central Texas region are being forced to cut back on essential programs, services, consider school closures, and adopt deficit budgets just to provide students with the education that they deserve,” Hutto ISD Trustee James Matlock said.
| School name | % of Black students enrolment | Total enrollment |
|---|---|---|
| Bowie High School | 0.6 | 498 |
| Nocona Elementary School | 1.1 | 366 |
| Bowie Intermediate School | 0.8 | 362 |
| Bowie Junior High School | 1.1 | 362 |
| Nocona High School | 0.4 | 244 |
| Saint Jo Elementary School | 0 | 196 |
| Nocona Middle School | 1 | 194 |
| Forestburg School | 0.5 | 185 |
| Gold Burg School | 1.9 | 154 |
| Montague Elementary School | 0 | 151 |
| Saint Jo High School | 0 | 149 |
| Prairie Valley High School | 0 | 128 |
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