Texas State Board Of Education Secretary Pat Hardy (2024) | twitter.com/pathardy
Texas State Board Of Education Secretary Pat Hardy (2024) | twitter.com/pathardy
Data showed that Lavaca County welcomed 2,517 students during the 2021-22 school year. Among them, Black comprised 6.1% of the student body to be the third most represented ethnicity in the county.
Among the 10 schools in Lavaca County, Hallettsville Junior High School recorded the highest enrollment of Black students in the 2021-22 school year, with a total of 38 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Hallettsville Elementary School | 7.4 | 435 |
| Shiner Elementary School | 3.3 | 400 |
| Hallettsville High School | 9.3 | 389 |
| Hallettsville Junior High School | 11.4 | 332 |
| Shiner High School | 5.5 | 310 |
| Moulton Elementary School | 1.2 | 173 |
| Moulton High School | 0.7 | 136 |
| Sweet Home Elementary School | 0 | 136 |
| Vysehrad Elementary School | 10.8 | 111 |
| Ezzell Elementary School | 2.1 | 95 |
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