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Enrollment Analysis: Black students comprised 5% of Chambers County’s student body in 2021-22 school year

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Texas State Board Of Education Chair Keven Ellis (2024) | twitter.com/KevenEllisDC

Texas State Board Of Education Chair Keven Ellis (2024) | twitter.com/KevenEllisDC

There were 486 Black students enrolled in Chambers County schools in the 2021-22 school year, 0.6% more than the previous year, according to the Texas Education Agency.

Data showed that Chambers County welcomed 9,757 students during the 2021-22 school year. Among them, Black comprised 5% of the student body to be the third most represented ethnicity in the county.

Among the 16 schools in Chambers County, Barbers Hill High School recorded the highest enrollment of Black students in the 2021-22 school year, with a total of 65 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.

Ethnicities in Chambers County in 2021-22 School Year

White [57.7%]Black [5.0%]Hispanic [32.1%]Ethnicities <5% [5.2%]
Enrollment Demographics in Chambers County Schools During 2021-22 School Year

School name% of Black students enrolmentTotal enrollment
Barbers Hill High School3.41,920
Barbers Hill Elementary South4.31,081
Early Childhood Center4.21,008
Barbers Hill Elementary North4.1975
Barbers Hill Middle South3.1844
Barbers Hill Middle North4732
Anahuac Elementary School8.8658
East Chambers High School7.9454
Anahuac High School9.2413
East Chambers Primary School4.9408
East Chambers Elementary School7342
East Chambers Junior High School7.1338
Anahuac Middle School9.8326
Barbers Hill Prekindergarten Center1.7231
Alternative School022
Highpoint205

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