Longview Times

There were 5,117 Black students enrolled in Gregg County schools in the 2021-22 school year, 0.8% less than the previous year, according to the Texas Education Agency.

Data showed that Gregg County welcomed 23,684 students during the 2021-22 school year. Among them, Black comprised 21.6% of the student body to be the third most represented ethnicity in the county.

Among the 41 schools in Gregg County, Longview High School recorded the highest enrollment of Black students in the 2021-22 school year, with a total of 671 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
Longview High School	32.4	2,069
Pine Tree High School	22.5	1,332
Kilgore High School	13.2	1,163
East Texas Montessori Prep Academy	37.9	1,041
Kilgore Middle School	11.4	910
Foster Middle School	33.3	795
Sabine Elementary School	4.6	732
Parkway Elementary School	23.9	728
Pine Tree Middle School	25.2	703
Birch Elementary School	21	694
Pine Tree Junior High School	22.4	688
Kilgore Primary School	12.1	685
Judson Steam Academy	37.3	600
Kilgore Intermediate School	11.9	599
Spring Hill High School	10.1	587
Hudson Elementary School	21.3	578
Pine Tree Primary School	25	537
Chandler Elementary School	12.1	530
Spring Hill Junior High School	13.5	510
Weldon Elementary School	21.3	503
Gladewater High School	18.5	482
Forest Park Magnet School	34.4	480
J. L. Everhart Magnet Elementary School	35.4	478
Spring Hill Intermediate School	13.4	478
Spring Hill Primary School	12.1	463
Ware Elementary School	31.7	457
Sabine High School	2.6	455
Bramlette Steam Academy	43.9	446
White Oak High School	3.2	433
Johnston-McQueen Elementary School	31.7	423
Ned E. Williams Elementary School	52	381
Gladewater Middle School	18.4	370
White Oak Primary School	4.5	357
Gladewater Primary School	21.3	348
Sabine Middle School	4.1	344
White Oak Intermediate School	2.1	338
White Oak Middle School	2.4	338
Clarence W. Bailey Elementary School	28.4	261
Lead Academy High School	42.4	210
Dan Chadwick Campus	5	141
Juvenile Detention Center	58.8	17