Texas Education Commissioner Mike Morath (2024) | onestarfoundation.org
Texas Education Commissioner Mike Morath (2024) | onestarfoundation.org
Data showed that Swisher County welcomed 1,477 students during the 2021-22 school year. Among them, Black comprised 6.7% of the student body to be the third most represented ethnicity in the county.
Among the seven schools in Swisher County, Tulia Elementary School recorded the highest enrollment of Black students in the 2021-22 school year, with a total of 38 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Tulia Elementary School | 8.9 | 427 |
| Tulia High School | 8.4 | 297 |
| Tulia Junior High School | 7.6 | 223 |
| Kress Elementary School | 2.9 | 138 |
| Happy High School | 0.7 | 134 |
| Kress High School | 10.5 | 133 |
| Happy Elementary School | 0 | 125 |
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