Enrollment Analysis: Black students comprised 19% of Harrison County’s student body in 2022-23 school year

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

By Longview Times

Dec 3, 2024

There were 5,084 Black students enrolled in Harrison County schools in the 2022-23 school year, 5.2% more than the previous year, according to the Texas Education Agency.

Data showed that Harrison County welcomed 26,739 students during the 2022-23 school year. Among them, Black students comprised 19% of the student body to be the third most represented ethnicity in the county.

Among the 25 schools in Harrison County, Texas Virtual Academy at Hallsville recorded the highest enrollment of Black students in the 2022-23 school year, with a total of 2,726 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.

Underfunding is a frequently cited challenge facing the state's school districts. Per-pupil funding has not increased since 2019, despite inflation rates rising by more than 20% since then.

“As a result, many districts in our very own Central Texas region are being forced to cut back on essential programs, services, consider school closures, and adopt deficit budgets just to provide students with the education that they deserve,” Hutto ISD Trustee James Matlock said.

Ethnicities in Harrison County in 2022-23 School Year

Enrollment Demographics in Harrison County Schools During 2022-23 School Year

School name	% of Black students enrolment	Total enrollment
Texas Virtual Academy at Hallsville	18.4	14,830
Hallsville High School	6.8	1,456
Marshall High School	34	1,434
Hallsville Junior High School	8	1,139
Marshall Junior High School	31	1,105
Hallsville North Elementary School	11.1	677
Hallsville East Elementary School	7	604
Crockett Elementary School	26.7	566
Sam Houston Elementary School	23.2	534
Wm. B. Travis Elementary School	31.8	525
Price T. Young Elementary School	50.4	512
Hallsville Intermediate School	7.2	389
Elysian Fields Elementary School	9.1	374
Waskom Elementary School	13.7	358
Harleton Elementary School	0.6	332
Marshall Early Childhood Center	50.5	289
Waskom High School	23.4	265
Elysian Fields High School	14.3	259
Harleton High School	0.9	212
Waskom Middle School	13.4	202
Elysian Fields Middle School	10.6	180
Harleton Junior High School	1.9	161
George Washington Carver Elementary School	37.7	130
Texas Early College High School	13.2	114
Marshall Early Graduation School	52.2	92