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 San Jacinto County welcomed 3,580 students during the 2022-23 school year. Among them, white students comprised 56.6% of the student body to be the most represented ethnicity in the county.
Among the eight schools in San Jacinto County, Coldspring-Oakhurst High School recorded the highest enrollment of white students in the 2022-23 school year, with a total of 327 students.
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 | % of white students enrolment | Total enrollment |
|---|---|---|
| Shepherd High School | 48.1 | 601 |
| Shepherd Primary School | 48.9 | 499 |
| Coldspring-Oakhurst High School | 65.9 | 496 |
| Shepherd Middle School | 47.6 | 458 |
| Street Elementary School | 66.8 | 449 |
| Shepherd Intermediate School | 47.5 | 400 |
| Lincoln Junior High School | 65.1 | 347 |
| Coldspring Intermediate School | 70.6 | 330 |
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