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There were 1,519 Black students enrolled in Grayson County schools in 2021-22 school year

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Texas State Board Of Education Vice Chair Pam Little (2024) | pamlittle.com

Texas State Board Of Education Vice Chair Pam Little (2024) | pamlittle.com

There were 1,519 Black students enrolled in Grayson County schools in the 2021-22 school year, 1.5% less than the previous year, according to the Texas Education Agency.

Data showed that Grayson County welcomed 24,516 students during the 2021-22 school year. Among them, Black comprised 6.2% of the student body to be the third most represented ethnicity in the county.

Among the 57 schools in Grayson County, Sherman High School recorded the highest enrollment of Black students in the 2021-22 school year, with a total of 251 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.

Ethnicities in Grayson County in 2021-22 School Year

White [58.2%]Black [6.2%]Hispanic [26.9%]Multiracial [6.1%]Ethnicities <5% [2.7%]
Enrollment Demographics in Grayson County Schools During 2021-22 School Year

School name% of Black students enrolmentTotal enrollment
Sherman High School11.82,129
Denison High School10.51,286
Sherman Middle School14.1882
Dillingham Elementary School13.7846
Piner Middle School10.5798
Henry Scott Middle School9.1736
Tioga School0.1706
B. McDaniel Intermediate School8.4692
Henry W. Sory Elementary School8.1652
Percy W. Neblett Elementary School14.5573
Van Alstyne High School1.6569
Pottsboro Elementary School0.4538
Bob and Lola Sanford Elementary School1.5528
Van Alstyne Junior High School3502
Hayes Primary School0.8490
Whitesboro High School0.9465
Pottsboro High School0454
John and Nelda Partin Elementary School2.4449
Mayes Elementary School6.5448
Lamar Elementary School8.4442
Pottsboro Middle School0.7442
Hyde Park Elementary School5.3438
Gunter Elementary School1.4418
Whitesboro Middle School1407
Crutchfield Elementary School7.7402
Bells Elementary School0.5388
Washington Elementary School5.9371
Whitesboro Intermediate School0358
Gunter High School0.6356
S&S Consolidated Elementary School0.3354
Howe High School2.3351
Whitewright Elementary School2.3350
Gunter Middle School0.9341
Summit Hill Elementary School2.7332
School and School Cons Middle0.3326
Terrell Elementary School13.8319
Collinsville Elementary School0.3314
School and School Cons High School0.6311
Tom Bean Elementary School1.6307
Wakefield Elementary School12.4306
Fairview Elementary School16.6302
Bells High School0.7289
Howe Middle School2.1286
Howe Intermediate School2.1280
Houston Elementary School12276
Collinsville High School0.8246
Whitewright High School4.6239
Tom Bean High School2.3215
Pritchard Junior High School0.5208
Fred Douglass Early Childhood Center10.7187
Whitewright Middle School3.6166
Perrin Early Childhood Center25.3158
Tom Bean Middle School3135
Cooke/Fannin/Grayson County Juvenile Post Ajud Fac26.453
Jefferson Learning Center15.153
Pathways High School1540
Tri County Juvenile Detention14.37

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