Texas State Board Of Education Secretary Pat Hardy (2024) | twitter.com/pathardy
Texas State Board Of Education Secretary Pat Hardy (2024) | twitter.com/pathardy
Data showed that Terry County welcomed 2,195 students during the 2021-22 school year. Among them, Black comprised 1.7% of the student body to be the third most represented ethnicity in the county.
Among the seven schools in Terry County, Brownfield High School recorded the highest enrollment of Black students in the 2021-22 school year, with a total of 15 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Oak Grove Elementary School | 0.9 | 669 |
| Brownfield High School | 3.4 | 446 |
| Brownfield Middle School | 3 | 363 |
| Wellman-Union School | 0.4 | 284 |
| Meadow School | 0 | 270 |
| Colonial Heights Elementary School | 3.7 | 135 |
| Brownfield Education Center | 0 | 28 |
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