Texas Education Commissioner Mike Morath (2024) | onestarfoundation.org
Texas Education Commissioner Mike Morath (2024) | onestarfoundation.org
Data showed that Gaines County welcomed 3,631 students during the 2021-22 school year. Among them, Black comprised 1.3% of the student body to be the third most represented ethnicity in the county.
Among the eight schools in Gaines County, Seagraves Schools recorded the highest enrollment of Black students in the 2021-22 school year, with a total of 23 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Seminole High School | 0.8 | 797 |
| Seminole Junior High School | 1 | 674 |
| Young Elementary School | 1.4 | 591 |
| Seagraves Schools | 4.4 | 519 |
| Seminole Primary School | 0.5 | 443 |
| Seminole Elementary School | 0 | 426 |
| Loop School | 0 | 151 |
| Seminole Success Center | 0 | 30 |
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