Texas State Board Of Education Chair Keven Ellis (2024) | twitter.com/KevenEllisDC
Texas State Board Of Education Chair Keven Ellis (2024) | twitter.com/KevenEllisDC
Of all the students welcomed in the 2022-23 school year, 53.7% of them were boys, and 46.3% were girls.
The most represented ethnicity among Shepherd High School students was white, accounting for 48.1% of the student population.
Among the eight schools in San Jacinto County, Shepherd Primary School ranked second in enrollment numbers with 499 students, while Coldspring-Oakhurst High School welcomed 496 students and ranked third in the 2022-23 school year.
Shepherd High School is a part of Shepherd ISD, which roughly covers schools within San Jacinto County with its main office in Shepherd.
In the previous school year, Shepherd High School also had the highest number of students among San Jacinto County schools.
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.
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 | City | Total School Enrollment |
|---|---|---|
| Shepherd High School | Shepherd | 601 |
| Shepherd Primary School | Shepherd | 499 |
| Coldspring-Oakhurst High School | Coldspring | 496 |
| Shepherd Middle School | Shepherd | 458 |
| Street Elementary School | Coldspring | 449 |
| Shepherd Intermediate School | Shepherd | 400 |
| Lincoln Junior High School | Coldspring | 347 |
| Coldspring Intermediate School | Coldspring | 330 |
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