Texas Education Commissioner Mike Morath (2024) | Ballotpedia
Texas Education Commissioner Mike Morath (2024) | Ballotpedia
Data showed that Caldwell County welcomed 7,803 students during the 2021-22 school year. Among them, Black comprised 3.4% of the student body to be the third most represented ethnicity in the county.
Among the 13 schools in Caldwell County, Lockhart High School recorded the highest enrollment of Black students in the 2021-22 school year, with a total of 55 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Lockhart High School | 3 | 1,862 |
| Lockhart Junior High School | 2.5 | 1,385 |
| Leonard Shanklin Elementary School | 6.7 | 698 |
| Bluebonnet Elementary School | 2.3 | 555 |
| Navarro Elementary School | 3.6 | 529 |
| Plum Creek Elementary School | 2.5 | 518 |
| Alma Brewer Strawn Elementary School | 0.6 | 514 |
| Clear Fork Elementary School | 2.1 | 477 |
| Luling High School | 6.5 | 431 |
| Gilbert Gerdes Junior High School | 7.1 | 311 |
| George W. Carver Early Education Center | 3.3 | 240 |
| Prairie Lea School | 5.5 | 235 |
| Lockhart Pride High School | 0 | 48 |
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