Longview Times

There were 111 American Indian students enrolled in Harrison County schools in the 2021-22 school year, 15.6% more than the previous year, according to the Texas Education Agency.

Data showed that Harrison County welcomed 26,693 students during the 2021-22 school year. Among them, American Indian comprised 0.4% of the student body to be the second least represented ethnicity in the county.

Among the 25 schools in Harrison County, Texas Virtual Academy at Hallsville recorded the highest enrollment of American Indian students in the 2021-22 school year, with a total of 70 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 American Indian students enrolment	Total enrollment
Texas Virtual Academy at Hallsville	0.5	14,229
Hallsville High School	0.1	1,422
Marshall High School	0.9	1,363
Marshall Junior High School	0.8	1,197
Hallsville Junior High School	0.1	1,126
Hallsville East Elementary School	0.3	789
Hallsville Intermediate School	0	722
Hallsville North Elementary School	0.3	709
Crockett Elementary School	0.3	594
Wm. B. Travis Elementary School	0.7	588
Sam Houston Elementary School	0.2	525
Price T. Young Elementary School	0.5	412
Elysian Fields Elementary School	0	381
Waskom Elementary School	0.3	375
Harleton Elementary School	0	331
Waskom High School	0	276
Marshall Early Childhood Center	0	268
Elysian Fields High School	0	253
Harleton High School	0	224
Elysian Fields Middle School	1	195
Waskom Middle School	0	194
Harleton Junior High School	0	156
George Washington Carver Elementary School	0	134
Marshall Early Graduation School	0	123
Hallsville Primary School	0	107