Texas Education Commissioner Mike Morath (2024) | Ballotpedia
Texas Education Commissioner Mike Morath (2024) | Ballotpedia
Data showed that Tom Green County welcomed 20,987 students during the 2021-22 school year. Among them, Black comprised 5.7% of the student body to be the third most represented ethnicity in the county.
Among the 48 schools in Tom Green County, Texas Leadership of Arlington recorded the highest enrollment of Black students in the 2021-22 school year, with a total of 587 students.
Education in Texas is often a hot button issue, especially as test scores lag behind other states.
“The problems commonly cited are flaws in the school financing system, relatively low teacher salary, poor test performance by students…dropouts from traditional schools in favor of charter schools…gun violence, and mental health issues," claimed the Texas Almanac.
| School name | % of Black students enrolment | Total enrollment |
|---|---|---|
| Central High School | 4.3 | 3,127 |
| Glenn Middle School | 2.9 | 1,279 |
| Texas Leadership of San Angelo | 3.5 | 1,269 |
| Lake View High School | 3.4 | 1,074 |
| Lone Star Middle School | 3.4 | 990 |
| Texas Leadership of Arlington | 59.7 | 984 |
| Lincoln Middle School | 3.2 | 930 |
| Texas Leadership of Midland | 5.4 | 684 |
| Wall Elementary School | 0.2 | 641 |
| Texas Leadership of Abilene | 4.7 | 574 |
| Bonham Elementary School | 3 | 565 |
| Lamar Elementary School | 2.6 | 536 |
| Ft. Concho Elementary School | 1.6 | 450 |
| Glenmore Elementary School | 4.3 | 446 |
| Goliad Elementary School | 1.9 | 425 |
| Bradford Elementary School | 4.8 | 395 |
| Bowie Elementary School | 4.3 | 375 |
| Austin Elementary School | 1.9 | 368 |
| Holiman Elementary School | 3.3 | 366 |
| Santa Rita Elementary School | 0.9 | 351 |
| Water Valley School | 1.2 | 340 |
| Fannin Elementary School | 3.6 | 335 |
| Wall High School | 0 | 335 |
| Reagan Elementary School | 2.1 | 327 |
| Belaire Elementary School | 4.4 | 318 |
| Crockett Elementary School | 3.8 | 314 |
| Grape Creek High School | 0.6 | 311 |
| Christoval High School | 0 | 310 |
| Wall Middle School | 0.3 | 305 |
| Grape Creek Primary School | 1.4 | 294 |
| Alta Loma Elementary School | 2.8 | 288 |
| McGill Elementary School | 5.7 | 282 |
| Grape Creek Middle School | 0 | 281 |
| San Jacinto Elementary School | 5.2 | 267 |
| Christoval Elementary School | 0 | 256 |
| Grape Creek Intermediate School | 0 | 233 |
| Veribest High School | 0.7 | 140 |
| Veribest Elementary School | 0 | 133 |
| Carver Alter Learning Center | 15.4 | 52 |
| Fairview DAEP | 0 | 8 |
| Fairview Accelerated | 0 | 6 |
| Fairview Accelerated | 0 | 4 |
| Fairview Accelerated | 0 | 4 |
| San Angelo State School | 25 | 4 |
| Wall Special Programs | 0 | 4 |
| Veribest Ppcd | 0 | 3 |
| Fairview Accelerated DAEP | 0 | 2 |
| Fairview Special Programs | 0 | 2 |
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