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 Shelby County welcomed 5,168 students during the 2021-22 school year. Among them, Black comprised 17.8% of the student body to be the third most represented ethnicity in the county.
Among the 12 schools in Shelby County, Timpson School recorded the highest enrollment of Black students in the 2021-22 school year, with a total of 156 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Shelbyville School | 15.4 | 775 |
| F. L. Moffett Primary School | 20.4 | 727 |
| Center High School | 19.7 | 700 |
| Timpson School | 24.2 | 645 |
| Center Middle | 18.6 | 539 |
| Center Elementary | 19.6 | 516 |
| Tenaha Schools | 25.8 | 473 |
| Joaquin Elementary School | 3.8 | 317 |
| Joaquin High School | 4.4 | 205 |
| Joaquin Junior High School | 2.5 | 160 |
| Excelsior Elementary School | 2.9 | 68 |
| Roughrider Academy | 25.6 | 43 |
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